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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. frida...

yesterday's anniversary. >> translator: if we all do our homework, which will be inevitable, i am certain there will be victory. i don't think, i want it this year. >> in parts of ukraine today, there has been no let-up in the fighting. a russian military spokesman said up to 60 ukrainian soldiers were killed fighting on the eastern front. cnn's melissa bill is in kyiv, priscilla alvarez at the white house. are there any signs of the major russian offensive that ukraine has been warning about? >> reporter: there has been this intensification, fredricka, but very much confined to t...

today ukraine battles its way into a second year of war defying russian expectations and denying moscow the swift victory it expected. this was the view one year ago yesterday as russian tanks rolled into ukraine launching its unprovoked war. to mark the anniversary, western allies bathed their landmarks in the colors of ukraine's flag and more importantly pledging more financial support. the u.s. has announced a $2 billion package. 8 million ukrainians have fled their country. of those who remain, 18 million are in dire need of assistance. that's nearly 40% of the population. let's ...

And i mean it just seems like this could have been ai much, much worse situation than it ended up being. what did it take to put out this fire? especially given the location under the highway? i have to imagine it required a the lot of assets on your part. >> yeah, our firefighters, ems providers, dispatchers, our entire team, more than 3,000 women and men in the philadelphia fire department, very well trained, very experienced, 800 to 1,000 emergency incidents of all types every day. so actually, for us this wasn't a huge response, believe it or not. we had about 100 of our members, a lot of ...

Pause as they try to reassure people, at least find out that the right steps are being taken when it comes to disposing of the soil at the site and also the firefighting water. millions of gallons of it. >> polo sandoval, thank you so much. turning now to the trial of accused double murder alex murdaugh, he admits he was at the dog kennels just minutes before his wife and son were slaughtered and he admits to having a pill addiction for roughly two decades but insists he is not a killer. the disgraced former attorney was back on the witness stand friday facing a second round of tough questio...