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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...

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 ...

welcome back to the cnn newsroom. much of the world expected ukraine to fall quickly to russia's invasion given the onslaught of man and machines and heavy weaponry. now ukraine enters a second year of battling its way to freedom in that war. this time, this time lapse, i should say, just shows how successful ukraine's military has been this past year. the russian troops mostly contained. the fighting in the east is intensifying and ukraine's military is kahn for more western aid including fighter jets. president biden for now appears to be dunk down the request from ukraine's presi...

hi, thanks so much for joining me today. i'm jessica dean in washington, d.c. in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a major shift in memphis. just a day after video shows the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, the city police department announcing it is permanently deactivating the scorpion unit. all five officers charged in nichols' death were part of the movement and after protests around the country demanding it be dissolved. the attorney for tyre nichols's family ben crump telling cnn that it is a positive step but the work is far from over. >> in communities of color, th...

ukraine for what the kremlin expected would be a quick and easy takeover of the country. what they unleashed instead was the largest land conflict in europe since the second world war, and some of the widest spread killing of noncombatants since world war ii as well . [ bleep ]. shit, shit. shit. shit. all right. >> stay down. >> all right. >> no, no, no. [ bleep ]. >> come on! >> that video of a russian mortar attack on fleeing civilians in irpin came just two weeks into the invasion. since then we've seen graphic evidence of other russian war crimes, including the summary shooting ...