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saturday. im frederica whitfield. russias expectations of a quick defeat were dismissed. in kyiv on the anniversary a solum ceremony. >> [ speaking non-english ] >> ukraines president zelenskyy remained the very public face of ukraines 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 dont think i want it this year. >> western allies this week pledging more military support for ukraine inclu...

reporters moments ago. >> right now, the speaker of the house is -- that does not do benefits for anybody out here. so, the sooner we all come together, just keep a calm head -- i know you guys get excited. i dont think if you watch me that i get excited -- so i want to go through all this? no. but i think, at the end of the day, its better to go through this now so we can be successful for this term. >> you failed three times. how do you possibly pull this off? >> -- >> backing out? >...

Rope. certainly its true china needs russia much less than russia needs china at this point. >> as you mentioned, economics is the real incentive for china so perhaps china could be looking at a sort of partnering with ukraine because look, so much of the country has been deci decimated. china might be able to, you know, offer assistance or see it as an opportunity to help rebuild that country so economically it gains. >> yeah, thats kind of the role china has been playing for the past 20 years ...

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