ukraine for what the kremlin expected would be a quick and easy takeover of the country. what they unleashed instead was the largest land conflict in europe since the second world war, and some of the widest spread killing of noncombatants since world war ii as well . [ bleep ]. shit, shit. shit. shit. all right. stay down. all right. no, no, no. [ bleep ]. come on! that video of a russian mortar attack on fleeing civilians in irpin came just two weeks into the invasion. since then we ve seen graphic evidence of other russian war crimes, including the summary shooting of civilians in bucha and elsewhere. upwards of 800 attacks on hospitals and other health care facilities, according to the world health organization, and the pummelling of cities like mariupol, where the russian shelling and air strikes reduced residential neighborhoods to moonscapes. according to the united nations, more than eight million ukrainians have been forced to flee the country. millions mor
is amazing. cnn continues now. translator: a year ago on this day from the same place around 7:00 in the morning, i addressed to you with a brief statement, we are strong and we are ready for anything. we will defeat everyone. this is how it began february 24th, 2022. i think everyone will attest to this, it s surprising that we are still here in this war that ukraine is still hanging on and still fighting back. as we know vladimir putin thought, hey we go into ukraine and it will be done zip zip zip. that is not happening. that is what we are talking about as we mark this one year. good morning. ukraine stands defiant and unconquered on this anniversary. it s now entering the second year. what is next for russia after a year of heavy losses. we will be joined live from moscow. and china is now stepping up and taking a more active role. can beijing help to broker a peace deal or will they get involved more on russia s behalf. and we know now that the engineer tried
clothes? no. and what about the blue rain jacket he recovered from his mother s house and they said it had gun powder residue on the inside. they suggested it was used to clean up. have you seen this blue rain jacket before? i never seen it before and never touched and don t know anything about it. several times the prosecutor accused murdaugh of being too rehearsed. how many times have you rehearsed your answer to the testimony today? i never practiced that answer. and in between murdaugh found openings to say how much he loved his wife and son and in gruesome detail he described for the jury how he found maggie and paul at the kennels after returning from his mother s home. i called 911 and i was trying to tend to paw paw and trying to
defense yesterday and attorneys note it s risky. he admitted to lying several times. randy breaks down the stunning testimony. i alex murdaugh. alex murdaugh sharing his story from the witness stand telling the jury he did not kill his wife and son. just to be clear, were you anywhere in the vicinity when paul and maggie got shot? no, i was not in the vicinity. and this key piece of evidence against him. mr. murdaugh is that you in the kennel video at 8:44 p.m. on the night paul and maggie were murdered? it is. all along he said he did not see his family since dinner and
tend to maggie. and i went back and forth between them. i know i tried to check him for a pulse. i know i tried to turn him over. my boy is laying facedown and he is done the way he is done. his head was the way his head was. i can see his brain laying on the sidewalk. randy kay, cnn walterboro, south carolina. for more on what we saw yesterday. i want to bring in laura cotes, a former federal prosecutor. laura, i am not a former federal prosecutor but i wonder what you make of the idea that he actually took the stand? is that often advised by one s attorneys. it s only guises if you are