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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...

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...

said about six truckloads of soil were headed to michigan. officials in michigan said they never received a warning about those shipments. a representative saying our priority is to keep the people we represent safe. with me now is congresswoman dingle. how did you find out about these reported shipments to your state and what can you do? >> it began in the grapevine late afternoon yesterday that we have two different sites in my district. one is an injection well, which is accepting liquids. the other is a contamination site in belleville township. i quickly made some calls. the gov...

following new details about that chinese spy balloon traveling across the country. new video into the cnn newsroom showing the balloon now hovering over asheville, and charlotte, north carolina in the last hour. and it could make it out to sea at any moment. the balloon was first spotted over montana on wednesday. china claims it's a civilian research vessel that blew offcourse, but the u.s. isn't buying that, calling the balloon's flight over u.s. soil an irresponsible act. secretary of state antony blinken postponing a planned trip to beijing in response. cnn's oren liebermann is a...

oren liebermann at the pentagon. let's go arlette at the white house. >> reporter: president biden offered his first comments on the situation regarding that chinese spy balloon just moments ago, saying they are prepared to take care of it. president biden has been receiving briefings since tuesday, including potential options relating to how they could address this. here is how he answered reporters' questions moments ago. you heard president biden say we are going to take care of it. officials here at the white house say the president is consistently being briefed on the various op...