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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could move to formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, U.S. cable news channel CNN reported on May 3, with reference to U.S. and Western officials.
The move would open the Kremlin’s way to announcing a full mobilization and escalating the war in Ukraine, officials said.
May 9, known as Russia's "Victory Day," commemorates the Russians' defeat of the Nazis in 1945.
Western officials have long believed that Putin would leverage the symbolic significance and propaganda value of that day to announce either a military achievement in Ukraine, a major escalation of hostilities – or both.
