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speeches, two very different messages to the world. the dramatic split screen as russia's war hits an inflection point. the american president in europe, defending democracy. >> democracy is the world stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever. >> his russian counterpart, defending his illegal invasion of ukraine. >> they are responsible for the escalation of the situation in ukraine. for the huge numbers of casualties. >> at the center of it all, alliances. some steadfast. some dangerous. nuclear threats and a devastating war nearly a year old with no end in sight. >> appe...

just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. >> he thought we would roll over. he was wrong. >> historic coast to coast snowstorm takes hold of the upper midwest with dangerous snowfall and dangerous travel conditions and the threat for severe weather in the southern part of the country. >> i don't want them because i don't know what is in it. >> norfolk southern's corporate agreed, incompetence and lack of care for our residents is absolutely unacceptable. >> from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is wedne...

cnn suggests otherwise. cnn's sam kiley joins us from zaporizhzhya, ukraine. sam, both sides waging a war of words over this, accusing the other of launching a false flag. what do the satellite photos tell us? >> reporter: they show us that since the last set of images on july 1th were taken, there's been no significant strikes, evidence of strikes. that is, sort of the mark of an explosive impact on the ground. indeed, they show very little activity in terms of damage done to the area around the nuclear power station. so that kind of undermines the russian claim there has been these...

This is what happened just three days ago here in montavika. a missile strike, a missile used by the russians for ground attack which are designed for bringing down airplanes, but it carries a massive warhead. it's pretty inaccurate. and that doesn't matter to the russians because this is all about smashing up the villages and towns ahead of what the ukrainians fear is going to be a major russian push in this part of the country. >> captured on the second day of vladimir putin's invasion last february, this is no longer a town that scares easily. it was liberated by ukraine in the fall and is ...

Ever closer in the fighting. and sam kiley reports. >> reporter: a year into russia's invasion, this misery is all-too familiar. this is what happened just three days ago here, an f-300 missile strike. that is a missile used by the russians for ground attack which actually designed for bringing down airplanes. but it carries a massive warhead, it is pretty inaccurate. and that doesn't matter to the russians because this is all about smashing up the villages and towns ahead of what the ukrainians fear is going to be a major russian push in this part of the country. capture on the second day of ...