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saturday. i m frederica whitfield. russia s expectations of a quick defeat were dismissed. in kyiv on the anniversary a solum ceremony. [ speaking non-english ] ukraine s president zelenskyy remained the very public face of ukraine s resistance and defiant in his speech. translator: if we all do our homework, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. i don t think i want it this year. western allies this week pledging more military support for ukraine including a $2 billion package from the u.s. and a new round of sanctions on russia. but ukraine has suffered some 8 million people have fled the country and of those who stayed roughly 18 million are in dire need of as assistance. that s 40% of the population. christiane amanpour looks at the war and the national impact on identity. reporter: perhaps there is no more powerful sense of belonging than this, she deciding to marry in their orthodox church, the very day russia invaded and tried ....
russia s expectations of a quick defeat and the taking of kyiv were quickly dismissed as ukraine fought back and reversed much of russia s early gains. in kyiv, on the anniversary, a solemn ceremony. [ speaking non-english ] ukraine s president zelenskyy remains the very public face of ukraine s resistance and was defiant in his speech. translator: if we all do our homework, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. western allies this week pledging more military support for ukraine, including a $2 billion package from theist. speaking at the u.n. friday, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said western support for ukraine must be unwavering. nations around the world continue to stand with ukraine, because we all recognize that if we abandon ukraine, we abandon the u.n. charter itself and the principles and rules that make all countries safer and more secure. cnn s me lilissa bell is in kyiv. what are you hearing from ukrainians a year ....
said about six truckloads of soil were headed to michigan. officials in michigan said they never received a warning about those shipments. a representative saying our priority is to keep the people we represent safe. with me now is congresswoman dingle. how did you find out about these reported shipments to your state and what can you do? it began in the grapevine late afternoon yesterday that we have two different sites in my district. one is an injection well, which is accepting liquids. the other is a contamination site in belleville township. i quickly made some calls. the governor was not aware of this either. we spoke to each other very quickly. we learned that the governor of ohio had posted it on his website that they were headed for here. i called everybody. i called the epa, the norfolk southern and demanded answers. we very quickly realized that no one had been given a heads-up that it was coming here. there are issues related to the injection well, specifi ....
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. across the globe, major landmarks are lighting up in the colors of ukraine as the war there enters its second year. it s a stunning milestone for a battle many thought would end with a quick defeat by russia s powerful military. as vladimir putin s tanks rolled across the border last february. there was little hope that kyiv would be able to stand up to moscow for very long, but ukraine has shocked the world and perhaps russia most of all with its strength and determination. that defiance has come at a heavy price for the country and its people. the u.n. estimates have come up and they say more than 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed since the war began, a number that is likely much higher. some 8 million ukrainians have fled the country, many not knowing if they ll ever return. yet despite the cruel challenges his country has faced, president volodymyr zelenskyy is optimistic about the future. ....
think of that, a year, for a war that vladimir putin once assumed would last only days. the u.s. continues to fund the good fight, another $2 billion heading ukraine s way, but not without some growing resistance in congress and growing concern even among some nato partners and just over the last 24 hours our g20 fellow members. we ll ask ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. what she makes of all of this and whether patience is waning for all of this. she s here and only here. then, what to make of china s mixed signals on this ongoing war even as it dangles a 12-point peace plan to end the war. volodymyr zelenskyy says he would meet with xi jinping. we ll ask brigadier general patrick ryder whether that s a good idea and former defense secretary mark mark esper on why he fears china might have other ideas. then, the young ukrainian mom who become the face of a war in her own backyard back with us. but this time elena is in a different backyard. how she got to safety and wh ....