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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, i m christine romans. just moments ago you watched live ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy speaking via video link in berlin marking one year since russia s invasion. one year ago today russia invaded ukraine believing that they would overwhelm the country in short order. instead a straightforward russian victory has become less likely by the day and this morning instead of dwelling on ukraine s losses, president zelenskyy released an inspirational video urging people to face the enemy, resist and fight. he says we know 2023 will be the year of our victory. melissa bell is live this morning in kyiv. what is the mood there on what one would think is an unhappy milestone here? reporter: mixed really. on one hand ukrainians are bracing this morning for more russian strikes. that is what the head of ukraine s military intelligence has been warning about on this grim one year anniversary. ....
Present itself as a responsible super power and international peace maker while maintaining this no limits relationship with russia and refusing to condemn the invasion of ukraine. and on this first anniversary of the war in ukraine, china s ministry of foreign affairs earlier today released a 12 point position paper on a political settlement for the crisis in ukraine and in this paper, it calls for the ending of hostilities, ending of unilateral sanctions and resumption of peace talks but no concrete roadmap going forward. and we got an interesting response earlier from the head of the eu delegation who said that this paper is just that, a piece of paper, it is not a peace plan. but shars due fair of china urging to do everything to end the war in ukraine. and i want to show you one more ....