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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...

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 don't 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, it's 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? >> -- >> you guys ask me the same question a lot. i will let you know when that happens. >> at the ...

Rope. certainly it's 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, that's kind of the role china has been playing for the past 20 years trying to use the growing economic influence to, you know, reach out to nations that are not in as...

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