welcome back to the cnn newsroom. much of the world expected ukraine to fall quickly to russia s invasion given the onslaught of man and machines and heavy weaponry. now ukraine enters a second year of battling its way to freedom in that war. this time, this time lapse, i should say, just shows how successful ukraine s military has been this past year. the russian troops mostly contained. the fighting in the east is intensifying and ukraine s military is kahn for more western aid including fighter jets. president biden for now appears to be dunk down the request from ukraine s president for f-16s. take a listen. we re sending him what our seasoned military thinks he needs now. he needs tanks, artillery, there are things he needs now that we re sending him to put him in a position to make gains this spring and this summer going into the fall. he doesn t need f-16s now. the u.s. has announce ad $2 billion aid package. according to the united nations, ukraine has already pa
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
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This is cnn Breaking News. We begin with Breaking News from hollywood. The Writers Guild of america says it has reached a tentative agreement with Major Television and film studios. That means that after nearly five months, the Writers Strike that brought the television and Film Industries to a standstill, could be coming to an end. Writers could return by thursday, before the terms are trat ratified. The use of Artificial Intelligence was reportedly one of the final sticking points. This could pave the way for hollywood to restart many productions that have been halted since may 2nd. Cnn media critic brian lowery joins me more from passenger. What more do we know about this . Did everyone get what they wanted . Well, we dont know the details. But they did put out a statement calling the deal exceptional and saying, basically, that there was something for everyone in the guild. Thats not a small thing. The guild represents a diverse collection of writers. Everything from veteran show r
This has been going on for a while. Unfortunately its not unique to just this one drug. There are more than 300 drugs on the fdas shortages list right now, the highest number in almost a decade. This affects all kinds of medicines that are crucial to peoples health. Its not something were seeing getting solved immediately. Thank you so much for that. Hello again, everybody. We begin on storm watch as Tropical Storm ophelia brings Torrential Rain and fierce winds up and down the east coast. Coastal flooding is among the biggest concerns as Rain Bands Stretch Hundreds of miles north from the Storms Center which made landfall in North Carolina this morning. The sights and sounds of power lines exploding there in North Carolina. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center for us. Polo sandoval is on the new jersey coast and brian todd is in alexandria, virginia. The big concern here is just how widespread the storm is in terms of impacts. When you look at it, the main