welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom, the united states announce more sanctions on russia, as the war enters the second year. a slow-moving storm floods highways and prompts a rare blizzard warning in southern california. details plus the wintery forecast for tens of millions of people. alex murdaugh back on the stand, prosecutors target the lies the disgraced lawyer admits telling while maintaining he did not kill his wife and son. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the second year of russia s war on ukraine is beginning with reports of more attacks, we re told russian forces have shelled the southern district overnight into saturday and just a short time ago came word of heavy explosions in the occupied city of mariupol. confirming the destruction of an ammunition depot. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy confirmed his call to arms. here h
ukraine says the front lines didn t move on the anniversary, even though it repelled russian attacks across the country. russia s mercenaries claim they ve captured a village near bakhmut, but kyiv isn t confirming that. ukraine s military got a boost from its allies, receiving the first batch of leopard tanks from poland, sweden and germany are also promising more tanks. as ukraine marks the anniversary, its allies are turning up the pressure on those who support russia s war effort. on friday the european union slapped its tenth round of economic sanctions on moscow. they re targeting people and entities that among other things deliver military drones to russia and spread russian propaganda, and the u.s. announced new sanctions on more than 200 people and entities worldwide. the move targets those who help moscow evade existing sanctions, especially those related to arms trafficking and illicit finance. the military supply klain will also take a hit. the u.s. also says it seized
a positive sign? do they both have reason to want to get this resolved? it is a positive sign. the only way that russia escapes the punishing sanctions is if china comes and bails them out, either with potential military support or buying more oil and gas and keeping russia and their economy going. so china is a really crucial player here if they decide to help russia out, then this could go on for quite a long time. remember the sanctions, - if the west put the same sanctions on china that they had put on russia. - which is what biden has threatened to do. which he has threatened to do - and that could work to make china hesitant to help moscow. but also the fact that russia being in league with china,
yes, sorry, they have not spoken very much and we had one other phone call with great effort to get that but is that a good sign? a positive sign? do they both have reason to want to get this resolved? it is a positive sign. the only way that russia escapes the punishing sanctions is if china comes and bails them out, either with potential military support or buying more oil and gas and keeping russia and their economy going. so china is a really crucial player here if they decide to help russia out, then this could go on for quite a long time. remember the sanctions, if the west put the samel sanctions on china that they had put on russia. - which is what biden has threatened to do. which he has threatened to do and that could work to make l china hesitant to help moscow.
out, then this could go on for quite a long time. remember the sanctions, - if the west put the same sanctions on china that they had put on russia. - which is what biden has threatened to do. which he has threatened to do - and that could work to make china hesitant to help moscow. but also the fact that russia being in league with china, they had the no holds barred deal just before the war started. does xi jinping want to be saddled with a loser? does he want to be saddled with a russia that is a pariah around the world, has sanctions on it, that is bringing down the prestige of the chinese? this is a difficult decision that he has got to make. does he stick with the guy he thought he had or does