year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine. plus, moscow getting a boost on the battlefield from china. it s an outfront investigation. and a big gamble, accused murderer alex murdaugh takes the stand, did his tears and his admissions win over the jury? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront on the front lines, just hours from the one-year mark of the start of russia s war in ukraine, cnn has exclusively access to one town not far from where the head of putin s private army, the wagner group made an appearance on the front lines as well. [ speaking non-english ] re . translator: here and now we can greet all men who are fighting who are in the hospital who are fighting for our motherland. volunteers who are making ammunition. translator: we have seized a five-story building close to downtown bakhmut. translator: how far from the enemy? translator: it s 400 meters. translator: okay, let s go. otherwis
providing lethal support. reporter: china denies it calling the claims unfounded, a ploy, a smear. beijing and moscow declared a no limits partnership last year. cnn obtained a new report showing moscow may already be getting a boost on the battlefield from beijing. troves of trade data, collected and supplied by the center for advanced studies, a d.c. think tank that shows china sending russian defense companies sophisticated parts. we see the nature of these parts being labeled for use in military systems. reporter: cnn did not verify the data showing a steady supply of parts, dramatically increasing after the invasion. they could be helping russia resupply. rotors for attack helicopter, radar antenna parts for anti-aircraft missile systems sent to a russian defense company labeled for military use, the think tank says. their data shows military
in this case. can russia resupply the forces? they have shown failure in their resupply. can nato and ukraine get resupplies that long distance in order to blunt the russian offense? i believe they can. it s remarkable, the difference there, russia having trouble still to this date and ukrainians and u.s. and nato able to keep the supply lines open. lieutenant general mark hertling, thanks very much. thanks, jim. russian missile strike another city. questions about the long road to recovery if and when this war ends. plus, while the ukrainian president pleads with western allies to embargo russian oil, we speak with a guest on the power of russian energy and why an embargo could work to stop the war. the world needs you back. i m retired greg, you know this. people have their money just sitting a around
want to stand. how they want the history books to look at them and view their actions. that is a decision for president chi and the chinese to make. giving the growing concerns about china aligning with russia, is it more that they would help russia resupply, help with military equipment or offer economic support to help russia evade sanctions? any of those would be concerning to us but i m not giving to give a rank or order. you don t have an assessment of that? not from here. the chinese got a read-out of the call fairly quickly. before it was even done. 3 1/2 it s remarkable. before your read out was out. should we read anything in to the time that it took to get your side of the story out? it was a lengthy call. two-hour call is a lengthy call even with translation.