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♪ ♪ good morning. i'm kristen fisher. >> i'm jim sciutto. joe biden is meet virtually with g7 leaders and the ukrainian president as the world marks one year since russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine. the u.s. has pledged another $2 billion in aid to the country and announced new sanctions against russians, and the people who help them around the world, particularly procuring weapons for that invasion. defense secretary lloyd austin vows the u.s. will stand by ukraine, using a phrase we have heard frequently of late, "for as long as it takes." >> as long as ukraine continue...

Ended as quickly as possible, because putin doesn't care. he seems to send his people as cannon fodder. it's a different story for the west. >> secretary lloyd austin said the war on cnn this morning, that the war will most likely end with negotiations. china says it has a peace plan. do you consider china a credible mediator to this war? >> not a mediator, but they can play an important role, but which china are we talking about? the china that seems to want to normalize relationships with the u.s., where the president is meeting secretary blinken meeting with his counterpart? or the china th...

A kharkiv native who lived and worked in moscow since the '90s. in her previous life, she was a renowned whale scientist. but since february 24th, she's dedicated 24/7 to helping the people of ukraine to survive and to defeat the russians. >> i arrived in the morning on the 23rd. just take a look at what they did to us. i want you to see. see how my town looks now. >> did you have any conversations in the early days of the war with any of your russian friends? i mean, you lived in moscow for many years. i'm sure you had lots of russian friends. >> plenty. what is were they saying?

>> and just look at how the front lines of this war have evolved over the course of the past year. in that time, more than 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed, entire communities have been decimated, leaving 5 million people displaced in their own country. another 13 million refugees scattered around the globe. and still russia occupies only 11% of ukraine's land. this morning, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy speaking directly to his troops, confident that they will be able to get all of that territory back. >> translator: it is you who decide whether we are all going to exist, ...