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
continued financial support, 67 bill billion euros we mobilize so far. second with increased military support, we aim to train 30,000 ukrainian soldiers. and our member states are delivering military equipment. and we will continue to deliver urgent military supplies for ukraine equally important is to work with our defense industry to ramp up production of ammunition and other equipment needed by ukrainian forces, but also to replenish our own stocks. you rightly brought this to the last european council and we are taking action. finally, this is not just about winning on the battlefield, ukrainians are choosing their own future and they have already chosen. they have chosen the european un union. they have chosen the unity of principles. the ukrainian soldiers fighting in the trenches of bakhmut are defending this unity of principles. and in these dark times, the hearts of ukrainian people are warmed by the confidence that ukraine will join the european union one day. this
that was part of a video posted on twitter this morning by ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy marking one year of war inside his country. we ll have much more coverage on this somber anniversary in just a moment. also ahead the latest on the train derailment disaster in ohio as federal investigators appear to have identified a cause for the crash. plus mike pence gives some legitmous criticism of another potential republican presidential candidate. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 24th. i m sam stein. i m in for jonathan lemire. we begin in europe where it s been exactly one year since russia launched its unjust war on ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy recognized the day writing, quote, on february 24th many us made a choice, not fleeing but facing, resisting and fighting and this year we remained invisible invincible, sorry. we know that 2023 will be the year of our victory. here in the united states the biden ad
the environmentally friendly charcoal that could help reduce deforestation. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ahead of the anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, president putin has addressed crowds in moscow s main stadium during a patriotic gala concert. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international situation. our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium, they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin show, designed to show that russians back president putin and his war in ukraine. irina seems to. we weren t the ones to start this, irina says. i tru
to try and reduce the backlog of applications. millions of americans are facing a weather alert, as a mix of record high and record low temperatures sweeps the country. and, the man who showed the world a new permanent exhibition is announced, dedicated to david bowie. hello and welcome. police in northern ireland have confirmed that an off duty officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around eight o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. sinn fein described the attack as outrageous and shameful , while the dup called for those responsible to be brought tojustice. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened the shooting happened in the shooting happened in front the shooting happened in front of young players training at a coaching session, it is thought the off duty officer