happening now, ukraine marks one full year of bloodshed and brutality at the hands of russian forces. president zelenskyy defiant saying victory is inevitable. i ll speak one on one with the ukrainian ambassador to the united states. also tonight, breaking news, the prosecution rests in the alex murdaugh murder trial after two days of dramatic cross-examination. did the jury buy his story about why he lied to police on the night of the killings? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar and you re the situation room. we begin our coverage with the latest on russia s war against ukraine officially one year old from kyiv to moscow, cnn s correspondents are covering the conflict from every angle as the war enters the second year. let s get to clarissa ward. president zelenskyy is talking to reporter and has a speech. what s the mood on the ground following remarks? reporter: i think there is provocat
this is a day of intense emotion for ordinary ukrainians and people looking on around the world. when you think back to the invasion, the aims, these were one year in kyiv we were syruply n simply not expecting to see. still in power and still in kyiv, one year after the invasion that intended to force him out in days, president zelenskyy stood proudly outside st. sofias thanks those responsible. translator: it is you that will decide if ukraine will exist every day, every hour. it is you ukrainian soldiers that will decide it. reporter: a stark contrast to the night my messages for a year now kept hope afloat.