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historic, timely, brave. that's how ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy describes the surprise visit from president biden this morning. [ sirens ]. >> with air raid sirens blaring, on presidents day no less. a major morale boost days before the country marks a year since russia's invasion. president biden announcing another major military aid package, making it clear that despite domestic pressure to down size assistance, the u.s. support for ukraine is unwavering. >> freedom is priceless. it's worth fighting for for as long as it takes, and that's how long we're going to be with...

Here. this is the donbas region right in here, the donbas region, luhansk and dough netsing, they have seen sustained fighting since the start of the war. very grime many battle. phase three, here in the dark red you see the territory still claimed by russia, but what we should remember is here in the light blue, this is where late fall into early winter we saw the ukrainians do a daring counteroffensive and take some of this back. the terms of trench warfare is here. we're starting to see russian units pushing in multiple locations up to the north. behind you're seeing russian formations read...

Bottom of the hour now. across ukraine, voters have been streaming to the polls, choosing a new president. despite violence in the country's eastern portion, and threats by pro-russian militants. >> while there are long lines, the voters in the capital kiev, it's very different in the east. lot of polling sites in eastern ukraine aren't even open today. >> cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto joins us from the ukrainian capital kiev. jim, voting started about six hours ago. there's been a lot of violence in the east. is that keeping people from the polls? >> well, it's really ...