world. i m laila harrak. u.s. president joe biden says ukraine doesn t need jets right now. what ukraine says it must have to pushback moscow s forces as the war grinds into its second year. and in east palestine, ohio, officials are going door to door to check on the health of residents after the toxic train wreck. we ll discuss the risks they could be facing. and a rare winter storm is bringing historic snow, dangerous flooding, and blizzard conditions to california. the latest weather report ahead. just days after observing the one-year mark of the russian invasion, ukrainians are noting another grim anniversary. the loss of crimea to moscow in 2014. it s been a thorn in ukraine s side ever since, and every year is remembered on this date with a day of resistance. meanwhile, the latest package of eu sanctions against russia is getting high marks in kyiv. here s president volodymyr zelenskyy on saturday. translator: now new sanction steps are in the tenth package,
watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead, as russia s war on ukraine grinds into its second year, the u.s. pledges s its continued support but stops short of what president zelenskyy says they need most. and a pre-print of the controversial trump era policy, we ll break it down. plus vote counting is under way in nigeria s presidential race. we re live in lay fwoegos with latest. life from atlanta, this is cnn fuse room with kim brunhuber. just days after observing the one year mark, ukrainians are noting the loss of crimea to moscow in 2014. every year it is remembered on this date with a day of resistance. meanwhile president zelenskyy is calling the latest eu sanctions powerful and says he would like to see it extended to include russia s nuclear industry. there is increased shelling but claims that russians have not made any significant gains on ground. in his nightly address, president zelenskyy lauded the emb
ominous development. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting, that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, and today the white house is urging caution. and you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with today s fierce fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt joins us now from ukraine. alex, thanks for joinings us. what s the latest from there? well, jim. some of the most ferocious fighting with the heaviest casualties on both sides, now taking place in and around the city of bakhmut. russian forces led by mercenaries and convicts in the vogner group do appear to be making some progress. they cl
good morning, everyone. it is saturday, february 25th. i m amara walker. good morning, amara, i m boris sanchez. we re grateful you are starting your weekend with us. you are live in the cnn newsroom and despite the vicious lies you may be reading on social media, amara and i didn t plan to coordinate our outfits, it happened naturally because great minds think alike. i think we re ready to welcome spring when it has ppen ukraine enters the second year of war with russia with a message to the world. [ speaking non-english ] [ cheers ] ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy acknowledging the grim milestones speaking before troops in kyiv. he declared 2023 as a year of ukraine s victory over russia and expressed confidence in his country s ability to fend off attacks. in the meantime, ukraine s international allies showed their solidarity with tributes and announcements of new weapons and funding heading to the region. the first shipment of heavy battle tanks arriv
heard bide ten talk about before, this idea of democracy versus autocracy. how did biden make his case? reporter: jake, if yesterday in kyiv, that surprise visit was a dramatic, deeply similar bottic moment about the war itself, today was to paint a broader picture, underscore the bigger stakes, a larger effort that the president detailed about why this isn t just about ukraine or just about the war, in but many stead about the fate of wercht western democracies, particularly pointing here in warsaw as the president detailed, is about freedom. there s no sweeter word than freedom. there s no nobler goal than freedom, no higher aspiration than freedom. americans know that, and you know it. and all that we do now must be done so our children and grandchildren will know it as well. jake, when you talk to white house advisers, they acknowledge that they understand this war that is on going shows no sign of ending any time soon. the western coalition painstakingly held toget