ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin tonight, a message of defiance from vladimir putin, no stopping to the war in ukraine, and to these annual victory day parade in moscow, the russian president made a series of false claims to justify the evasion who says he's defending the mother land and he continues to rail against the west. meantime in central keep its all quiet as ukraine has canceled public events remembering the end of world war 2 out of fear of russian attacks and a dictators sought pertinent markers. junior wins and election land slide in the

philippines, the man known as bongo, takes an unassailable lead over his rivals. 90 percent of the votes counted belong to him. ah! i broke off. it's good to have you with us. russian president vladimir putin to day praised his armed forces fighting the war in ukraine, and he promised to push on with the invasion, although he did not use the words war or invasion. who can spoke at moscow annual victory day parade, celebrating the 945 defeat of nazi germany. the russian president made a series of false claims about the war, including an allegation that western countries provoked the attack this year on ukraine. year after year, the same ceremony, the russian defense minister and top military bras come out to inspire their troops

. there were plenty of uniforms. even among the general public, the soviet victory day is one of russia's most important public holidays. but this is event didn't just celebrate victory of nazi germany. but the war and ukraine as well. it wasn't, it was today, you are defending what our grandfathers and great grandfathers fought for, that the most important thing in their lives was the prosperity and security. they harmless glory to a heroic military, the latter, russia, vic, run them, seal m. as that i see you though, bye. be a. do. laura? $11000.00 soldiers, many of whom have reportedly already served in the don baths region. and lots of military hardware potent, again spoke of neo nazis in ukraine, and accused nato of threatening russia. blocked. madam that you'll act,

he with russia has given a preemptive rebuff to the blocks aggression up western this. it was forced them more timely. and on the right, you see she shut the decision of a sovereign strong will of women independent countrymen, their e gear through the private nation. hundreds of thousands of people then took to the streets in moscow and another cities carrying pictures of those who took part in world war 2. historically, civil society used these matches as an alternative to the military parade. but it seems these days the kremlin has taken the lead here now to enjoying me tonight. here at the big table is our correspondent, aaron tilton. aaron has extensively in russia. he used to work at arm moscow bureau before it was closed by the russian government. now a report from outside the country and let's talk about what we heard today from the russian brother. what did you make of what he didn't say in particular? well, it definitely was interesting that a lot of chatter coming out of intelligence circles and from analysts basically

indicated that the library would most likely be declaring something like a load war. and ukraine calling for mobilizations and call ups of reserve troops and promising to put more hardware into the conflict. now that didn't actually happen that we have to remind our viewers. the current conflict is only a special military operation in the language of the kremlin. so they don't actually have the right to fully engage in a complete all out war. and because of the black eyes of ukrainian military is managed to give, let me put an end, the russian military. a lot of people are just kind of expecting him to go full out and declare for war. he didn't do that. he stepped back instead, what he did is he, it seems, he kind of tried to give his people a new frame to look at the war. he basically said, look, this is going to be a very, very long conflict. it's not going to be over this week or next week. we don't have victory yet. instead, he tried to frame it in the language of defending the country against this perceived threat of some type of nazi powers in ukraine. of course, that's been debunked. there aren't any leaders in the ukraine, however, he really invoked that language to kind of book the patriotic fight against the

nazis in world war 2 to try to say, look, people, this is going to be an incredibly long fight moving forward. yeah, it's a message without hope is also a message without the possibility of mission accomplished anytime soon. he's also not asking for more soldiers to be drafted. for example, it's just kind of like, almost doing nothing. but is he doing that? do you think in order to allow himself the possibility of a ramp to get out of this? well, i don't actually think he's looking for an off ramp. i mean, he's had a lot of opportunities in the recent weeks to go to negotiating table to sue for peace. he's not doing that. instead, what we're seeing is, again, a refraining of this car. couldnt has not been able to achieve that quick success that his generals probably promised him that he was expecting, you know, they had troops, they had armored on divisions before give and they weren't, they didn't manage to actually take the city. they were driven back. they haven't had that quick military victory, or is he angry? didn't with his generals? i mean, is there an animosity between the 2? well, you know, i'd love to be in a fly on the wall in their conversations,

but i'm guessing, based on everything i've seen of putting the last ever 8 years have been covering the country. i can't imagine is a happy man. there were also rumors that he placed several them under house arrest when this started to go south several weeks ago. so, i mean, it doesn't look like he's actually trying to get out of the conflict quickly. instead, much like with the soviet conflict, afghanistan, he seems to be in this for the long haul st people. this is going to be a long fight between us and the west. this is a fight for a very existence. i mean, is it a lot of victim blaming? he's turning around and we're defending ourselves. but at the same time you saying you have to stick to the side it's. it's why he is stuck in the 20th century, almost as if the soviet union were still there and that's what he's trying to reclaim. well, i wouldn't go so far to say these trying to reclaim and rebuild the soviet union. instead, he is a nationalist and you can't forget that he is a power based politician. and, you know, he famously said the collapse of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. but he doesn't want to recreate communism. he doesn't

really want to recreate socialism instead, he has always been about creating a strong, incredibly strong, centralized russian state. and part of that is, you know, it depends on military or them, and that's why he's been rebuilding the military for so many years. and that's why this conflict and korean is so embarrassing because at the end of the day, the ukrainians who are much more trained, have a much smaller military, were able to stop this incredible invasion force that put meant to put up. and that's part of the reason i think he's sticking to his gun so badly. yeah. and he can ill afford to have generals who hate him are willing to show that as well as you pointed out. and as always, thank you. thank you. as well as the victory day parade in moscow, several other former soviet states have been marking the defeat of nazi germany millions of ukrainians. they fought alongside russians in the red army, but ukraine is not holding any public. remember its events this year out of fear of russian attacks. ah, it may be victory day, but ukrainians have not got much to celebrate. caves, independence square,

almost empty, and ceremonies kept small. then by mitchie, this is remembrance, take commemorating all those who died during world war 2 to the year. and on this day we are also commemorating the ukrainian wealth di durham, this carn warranty. i don't like to call it a war actually, but an act of aggression by the russian federation. t. irish is bookers with festivities canceled the silence here. loons heavily. ah, but in the south west, the sound of air sirens is piercing. ukraine says russia fired high precision missiles at the cities of odessa and mc alive, and russian troops continued to storm the as of south steel, waxing, mary paul, where the cities lost offenders holding out new mach benuya keys. they are low

shackles that combined and i'll free spirit in their mouths while there is no occupier who can take that route. and our free land name was that there is no invito who can rule of the alfred people in norwood sooner or later. we be as we might, but am, i'm not all ukrainians shares. zalinski sentiments in an area of mary po, sped from much of the shelling. some are attending celebrations organized by the moscow back to separatist government of de netscape and promoted by russia. yes, it doesn't look like hers who are not allowed by the ukrainian authorities to celebrate victory day, but we still celebrated this hired and every family charlie at the thought about the lives i may. later. the mayor's office allowed us to lay flowers and thank the veterans, but the ukrainians authorities were not happy about this. we proved back in 2014, that we will always be together with russia. without me, this is the city which is mostly been destroyed by russian attacks is now almost

entirely under the cremeans control. as ukrainians honor the sacrifices of their forefathers. many look to the future with a fear that the lessons of the past have not been learned. or corresponded monica char, she is in the ukrainian capital. keep earlier is she told me how people they reacted today to the victory day parade to moscow and to russian. president fulton's speech . people here in ukraine basically cannot wrap their head or on the fact they're really vladimir putin believes that this is a nazi country that needs to be di, nazi file. and this is a 3 months now into the school. people are rather concerned extra when they were listening to the speech. people have been speaking to what else does russia have up to his lease or other vladimir putin? what else is he capable of doing what other delusional ideas to plants he may have, as these war rages on? people are quite on edge because things are so unpredictable in ukraine also. he,

keith, where i am right now. people that very much in lute and ah, as it is main eyes as these that day has not been concluded. you may see be, i'm obs. it is nothing is nobody on the streets. these occur few on going and people wonder, really when is this all over? is it going to be over anytime soon? is this aggression what some people call aggression others? just simply a full fledged wall that ukraine is facing since february 24th? is it going to be over anytime soon? and at what price for the civilians here in ukraine? it was a very on something to char reporting from keith when president emmanuel micron. he is here in berlin and he's promoting his idea of for a new political union of non e u nations. he read europe micron warning. it could take decades before countries such as ukraine qualified to join the european union, and he says a new block kind of in between block could bring countries closer to the use of this evening. the french president joined german chancellor. oh, what sholtes at the iconic brandenburg gate you see right there? it was lit up in the colors of the ukrainian flag. the french president is visiting

germany for the 1st time since his re election. earlier. he was welcomed with military honors at the chancellor. are here some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world show lincoln prime minister. my hinder russia pox has resigned on another day of violence which left one lo maker and civil demonstrators dead, russia, pox and his brother. the president are blamed for the deepest economic crisis in decades. interlinked, there have been weeks of unrest. the country, at least 43 people, have been killed. clashes between wible gains and a prison in ecuador relatives were gathered to await news of their loved ones. police have since taken control of the site. the city of santo domingo. the also sees firearms, explosives, and other weapons, more than a 100 inmates are reported to be on the run. turkeys president, richard toyota. one has pledged not to sin syrian refugees back to their home

country. you may remember turkey is taken in more than 3 and a half 1000000 syrians who fled the civil war, opposition parties and turkey. i've been pressuring or the one to start, repatriate those people. kim's in the song of the former dictator ferdinand marco has taken a commanding lead in the philippines presidential election with more than 80 percent of precincts reporting ferdinand marcos junior. you see him on there as more than twice as many votes as his main rival, linny, rob riddle, news of his impending victory. his forked celebrations among the supporters marks junior did not present a clear policy platform during the campaign, but he's expected to provide continuity from the hard line approach of his predecessor. one, what rico do tear to our correspondent geared matters. he says, a new era is now beginning in the philippines. it really looks like we see history in the making here in southeast asia, a, with that

a marco's dynasty coming back to the seat of power. 40 years after his father was ousted by a people revolution, it really looks like his son fred, an on mockers junior. i will make it in this race. am i quite, quite an historic moment for, for the philippines. he has teamed up with 2 debts, his daughter, and the concerned here by many, particularly in the south of the philippines, where there is a strong hold of his biggest opponent or lenny rob reydell is that the authoritarian style of ruler to detect a has of use in the past 6 years, will now even worse than under a marco's to tear to a team approach with the daughter of to death, to being to the vice vice president in the country. and really one has to see what, what, what comes out of that when you talk to people. a concern, of course, is that whoever wins this race, it has been such a divisive campaign. that's a healing those wounds bringing the people back together and will be essential.

that is one of markers, a key promises. and many of his supporters hold that he will make true on those promises hoarding there. that is all from me. stephen beard, please of next with our business news, i will see you tomorrow with every day for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect animals and their habitats? what to do with all our waste.