across the world marking the brutality of russian aggression, as the fight for democracy continues. then, how one lawsuit in texas could overturn access to across the nation for abortion pills. what the consequences could look like and our friday night cap is in-house, breaking down the major headlines and biggest winners of the week as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening in ukraine, where it is now six a.m. on saturday morning in kyiv. a deadly and brutal war is now entering its second year officially. february 24th, 2022 was day one of russia s unprovoked invasion. for the past year, ukrainians have endured relentless attacks from russian forces. thousands of people have been killed and injured. millions were forced to leave the country, while entire communities were destroyed. today, president zelenskyy marked when you re of war with a ceremony honoring those who have died fighting to defend ukraine
communities were destroyed. today, president zelenskyy marked when you re of war with a ceremony honoring those who have died fighting to defend ukraine. he vowed that 2023 would be the year of victory over russia. but as it as nbc s richard engel reports, ukraine is bracing for a very tough road ahead. this war does not appear anywhere close to over. poland today delivered new german made leopard tanks, just the first four of 13. ukraine is expected to launch a new counteroffensive when more weapons, including american tanks, arrive. a year ago, russian president vladimir putin thought ukraine would fall quickly, and ukrainians would be happy to join russia. instead, they packed off their families to be refugees, 13 million are displaced from their homes. and then ukrainians went out to fight. today, the white house announced another two billion dollars in military aid for ukraine and imposed new
he vowed that 2023 would be the year of victory over russia. but as it as nbc s richard engel reports, ukraine is bracing for a very tough road ahead. this war does not appear anywhere close to over. poland today delivered new german made leopard tanks, just the first four of 13. ukraine is expected to launch a new counteroffensive when more weapons, including american tanks, arrive. a year ago, russian president vladimir putin thought ukraine would fall quickly, and ukrainians would be happy to join russia. instead, they packed off their families to be refugees, 13 million are displaced from their homes. and then ukrainians went out to fight. today, the white house announced another two billion dollars in military aid for ukraine and imposed new sanctions on russia. [speaking non-english] although, sanctions are far have not deterred putin. secretary of state blinken with
the government. as nbc s richard engel reports, the threat posed by the terror group extends far beyond the middle east. reporter: isis militants have land and ambitions and u.s. officials are now worried. several counterterrorism official tell nbc news the threat is, quote, extremely high. they say isis is developing bomb making skills. and cultivating a roster of foreign suicide bombers who could target the u.s. and europe and they are bragging about it. this fighter claiming to be from chile says iraq and syria are just the beginning. we shall break the barrier of iraq, jordan, all of the countries left. reporter: isis puts out daily propaganda. videos showing its brutal attacks.
combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of 2014, the fight against al qaeda is increasingly turning to yemen. as nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports, the escalation of violence under scores the new threat. reporter: the suicide bomber was disguised as a soldier. he tucked into a crowd at a rehearsal for a military operate in sanai, detonated a bomb and killed nearly a hundred people. yemen s defense minister narrowly escaped with his life and officials say it s likely the work of al qaeda in yemen. while the u.s. has decimated al qaeda elsewhere, the militant group has grown in yemen because the country hasn t had an effective government for a year. but the arab spring finally toppled yemen s former president and the new president is trying to re-establish order and crack down on al qaeda. u.s. military officials tell nbc