Happening now breaking news war rabbits Ukraine is now on heightened alert

officials are issuing new warnings that Russia may escalate its attacks

on Monday when the Putin regime holds its annual Victory Day celebration.

Also breaking fighting rages on in the besieged city of Mariopol amid new rescue efforts that

freed at least 50 civilians.

President Salinsky is calling the ongoing Russian blockade of the city

a form of torture that's left innocent people starving.

Our correspondence are standing by in the war zone in Moscow and

at the Pentagon for seeing its live coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And welcome

to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

Well, Flitzer is off today.

I'm Pamela Brown and you're in the situation room. This is growing anxiety and Ukraine that Kremlin forces are on the brink of unleashing a brutal

new bombardment. Time to coincide with Russia's Victory Day holiday. Let's go right

to Ukraine and see in an international security editor Nick Payton Walsh

Nick the mayor of Keave just issued an urgent plea for residents of the

capital city to be on alert.

Absolutely so imminent they feel the potential for renewed

intensity of missile strikes that the mayor of Kia Vitele Klichko is saying

people should try and stay indoors and certainly if they hear air raid sirens pay special attention and seek cover.

Vitalish Klichko saying there is a concern that on the 8th and 9th of May there may be some escalation by Russia around or ahead of the Victory Day

parades, their planking off calling.

Still though, now tension building as Russia continues to relentlessly bombard the steel plant in the besieged and essentially

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