across the world marking the brutality of russian aggression, as the fight for democracy continues. then, how one lawsuit in texas could overturn access to across the nation for abortion pills. what the consequences could look like and our friday night cap is in-house, breaking down the major headlines and biggest winners of the week as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening in ukraine, where it is now six a.m. on saturday morning in kyiv. a deadly and brutal war is now entering its second year officially. february 24th, 2022 was day one of russia s unprovoked invasion. for the past year, ukrainians have endured relentless attacks from russian forces. thousands of people have been killed and injured. millions were forced to leave the country, while entire communities were destroyed. today, president zelenskyy marked when you re of war with a ceremony honoring those who have died fighting to defend ukraine
demonstrate victories. so, there is not going to be a success on the battlefield in ukraine. and he will not succeed with a massive revanche in ukraine. so, he would need to demonstrate success. wow. zelenskyy basically saying, putin couldn t beat us, he s going to go after one of you guys, or someone else. do you agree with that? i do, i do. i think it s a real danger. this is why ukraine has to win. it s one of many reasons ukraine has to win. because if russia is on the border with nato or you can easily taken on nato nations, like moldova or he could take parts of a nato nation like one of the baltics, the baltic states. you have to go back garry kasparov can tell us more about russian history. but there is a long history, assad history, of russian expansion of empire, as garry just said, of empire, of colonialism, of aggression. and we have to worry about that. that is a constant in russian history. igor novikov, what do you think? i think most people don t understan
sanctions on russia. [speaking non-english] although, sanctions are far have not deterred putin. secretary of state blinken with a blunt message at the u.n. members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting. one man, vladimir putin, started this war. one man can indicate. and now, after giving russia a critical economic lifeline, china is offering to play peacemaker, presenting a 12 point peace plan that is light on specifics. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas-greenfield speaking to nbc s andrea mitchell, with a warning, that if china were to give weapons to russia it would be a game-changer. and it would be something we would have serious concerns about. president zelenskyy has been pressing the u.s. for f-16 fighter jets. and here is what president biden said tonight when he was asked about that. we are sending him what our
a blunt message at the u. n. members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting. one man, vladimir putin, started this war. one man can indicate. and now, after giving russia a critical economic lifeline, china is offering to play peacemaker, presenting a 12 point peace plan that is light on specifics. u.s. ambassador to the u. n. linda thomas-greenfield speaking to nbc s andrea mitchell, with a warning, that if china were to give weapons to russia it would be a game-changer. and it would be something we would have serious concerns about. president zelenskyy has been pressing the u.s. for f-16 fighter jets. and here is what president biden said tonight when he was asked about that. we are sending him what our seasoned military thinks he needs now. he needs tanks, he needs
saw was the happy baby. that boys smile could light up a room, that tells you everything we need to know about the house he s growing up. massaging us be damned. ron, take us home? i m going with volodymyr zelenskyy, one year after the invasion of ukraine, talk about a transformational character in so many different ways. a comic actor who becomes the president of a of a country after having played the president a country on tv. and then turning out effectively to be a hero for his nation. it s just such a transformative moment i think for them, it tells us a lot about what can be done in officials can do. what one person can do to change and bend the arc of history. i don t see how it can t be considered a hero. and he s got a lot of great support for joe biden and from those in europe. i think he stands head and shoulders above many other leaders right now. with respect to what he s been able to do in the last year. those are heroes across the board, i m gonna wrap up with an