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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, ahead on "cnn newsroom," the united states announce more sanctions on russia, as the war enters the second year. a slow-moving storm floods highways and prompts a rare blizzard warning in southern california. details plus the wintery forecast for tens of millions of people. alex murdaugh back on the stand, prosecutors target the lies the disgraced lawyer admits telling while maintaining he did not kill his wife and son. live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim...

>> reporter: the installation hanging in this stairwell reminds us the war actually began in 2014 with putin's annexation of crimea, invasion of donbas, and an attempt to crush an independent nation, calling this greater russia, of lessia calls that absurd. >> i don't think this is ukrainian identity, that is a problem at all in this war. it's russia's identity. if russian identity is imperial, ukraine is essential part of it. >> right. >> but if you rethink russian identity as a non-imperial identity, then you do not need ukraine, baltic states within your well. >> that is the point of putin'...