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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 ....
reporter: this war is a tale of epic resistance but a whole nation and the civilians who became overnight soldiers. this one year of the war is really feeling like 40 years of life. i don t feel myself so young again anymore, just because of the all experience of all the things you have seen. reporter: they remind us just how much has been lost. everyone has family, friends killed or wounded. when ukraine broke that long siege around kyiv revealing unimaginable horrors and crimes against humanity in bucha it stiffened, not soften resolve. any peaceful negotiations would have to include prosecutions and justice and an end to any russian claims on their territory or their identity. when we visited the newly liberated suburb last april, even monuments to ukrainian art and literature weren t spared. ....