begin that i already predicted in early march last year that this war would go on for a long time, years indeed. this is the first anniversary but probably not the last anniversary of ongoing conflict in ukraine. based on your field of study, war termination, how wars end, how do you see this war evolving? and crucially, what will it take to bring this war to an end? well, if you permit me, i ll take a step back to give an overview of how i think about these issues. so very few wars end in total, utter defeat of one side or the other. not the first world war, and this war is not going to end in the defeat of the russians in moscow, nor is it going to end in utter defeat of ukrainian forces in kyiv. so it must end in some form of negotiated settlement. the question you have to ask yourself, then, is what does war do that makes what was a disagreement turn into
ukraine. u.s. president joe biden delivered a hard no on friday, saying the pentagon doesn t believe f-16 fighters are a good fit right now. mr. biden also gave a thumbs down on friday to a chinese proposal to end the conflict. he said it would only benefit moscow. meanwhile, sources tell cnn that u.s. intelligence suggests beijing is leaning towards sending drones and small arms and munitions to russia despite warnings from the u.s. to stay out of the conflict. ukraine s president has been front and center since the war began, repeatedly calling on allies to send more weapons and rallying his country to stay strong. and that was especially true on friday as he held a somber ceremony in kyiv to mark the war s anniversary. cnn s melissa bell has our report. reporter: still in power and still in kyiv.
what no one say anything abouty it. right.ngout and i thinitk i suspect that sae starting to change because, look, we hav, e absolutelybe ben over backwards to help ukrainee and given a staggering amount of our own nationalisticgering a equipment. and yet it s more and more is demanded. and norew i think he actually wants us to go and fight for him, which i can understand from his perspective. but i cannot understand from our perspective. and it is time for us to say wes need to focus on american national security, o on americat needs. and that does nooet means no gei close to potentially striking a war between russia and the united states nicely. lieute lieutenant colonel daniel davis for us tonight. thank you. always my pleasure. so the administration has effectively ignored eastmi palestinianistran and really alh ohio, which has been rotting for for years. part yeas of it, and went insted to kyiv this week. t the air raid sirens played for maximum dramatic effect. the media was d
escalation. but there are no risk-free options, and the biggest risk of all is if president putin wins. reporter: diplomacy for a while drowning out the fighting, the shelling, and the sirens as europe said it would be giving cautious consideration to china s 12-point proposal for a peaceful resolution, a resolution that s in line of moscow s yoeuphemisms, nowhere mentions war. and yet in ukraine it was the price of war that was being paid again. another day, another funeral, another grieving family, and a message too that this must end. translator: i m confident that we ll have this victory. i hope that this will happen this year. reporter: melissa bell, cnn, kyiv. u.s. president joe biden is dismissing a chinese proposal to end the war, saying it only
paris to sydney. and painted outside the russian embassy in london. for the world s diplomats, the one-year mark offered pause for thought. one year and one week ago, on february 17th, 2022, i warned this council that russia was planning to invade ukraine. due to fierce resistance by ukraine s defenders, president putin failed in his primary objective to conquer ukraine. reporter: after president biden s visit to kyiv earlier this week, the united states announcing a new $2 billion defense package to ukraine and what it described as some of its most significant sanctions against russia so far. allies followed suit. sweden pledging leopard 2 tanks. poland s already delivered. some worry our support to ukraine risks triggering