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o ukrainians. remember their dead while their president advanced to win the war against russia as a fighting enters a 2nd year. ah, hello, i'm carry johnston. this is out to sara wildlife, and also coming up or western sanctions against russia, united states g 7 nations, and the e. u. target financial institutions and business entities, propaganda as a to the wall. take a look at how the warren nations on knobby to win support. and nigerians are hours away from a presidential election, the middle of a cash crisis, and threats from armed groups. ah, the ukrainians have paid tribute to

their loved ones who lost their lives in the war against russia, which has entered a 2nd year boasted by western support. ukraine still stands and president le mars lensky has pledged to win the war this. yep. adrian finnegan begins, are coverage from keith, head, spout, side by side, but alone with the thought. soldiers of a serbian keith marked a moment of silence for the former. such has been the toll of ukraine's year of war that each one of these troops will know the past. no meaning of that ukraine's president certainly does. through 12 months of sacrifice and loss. he's meant many families like these mothers without sons, wives without husbands, children without fathers for them. and those still fighting followed him as zalinski had a message. yep. a shy salam, him, me see, i am proud of you,

court. we all each and every one. a proud of you, i am, we shall. i am grateful to everyone who endured that february this year. and who gives you crane invincibility guilty? may this be proudly proclaimed everywhere. ukraine is alive, alive, but now intimately acquainted with grief. many ukrainians have been to more funerals in the past year than they'd care to count that you cried is still standing is of course because of the resilience of its people. but it's also down to support from international allies who given backing to ukraine's military and economy in keith to mark the anniversary of russia's invasion, was the prime minister of poland, one of ukraine staunchest allies. and he came with news d shape or sky occupied folk to day a copier ship today. the coalition that poland started to build for leopard tanks with much success. now consists of several countries. i want to hand you flooded me

as the 1st european country to do so. the 1st for leopard tanks covered, the mobile, alabama. ukraine has been requesting for months is starting to arrive, but it wants more to push washing forces back across ukraine's internationally recognized 1991 borders. and zalinski is asking for western warplanes next. a video. sure. i saw dicky, i believe, the t to our and our polish brothers persistence with all our allies will be able to overcome another defensive taboo. the taboo of an aviation coalition shall after failing to conquer ukraine in its initial blitzkrieg, russia hope sick and exhausted through a long war. but ukraine says it's spring counter offensive is coming out. it wants it to be decisive. adrian finnegan, al jazeera cave. european union has become the latest western power to impose a new round of sanctions against russia. he says it wants to hinder the cremins

ability to fund this war and star russia of technology and spare parts for its military. earlier, the u. s. in coordination with g 7 countries also announced new sanctions targeting bhaskar. a mean objectives of our sanctions has been to degrade russia's ability to wage war to, to private of the goods are through sanctions and export controls. it needs to supply it's military. and i think we've been quite successful in doing that. i'm over 9000 russian tanks have been destroyed over the last year. and the biggest tank factories are shut down because they're unable target gain access to the inputs that they need to repair or rebuild tanks out. we're seeing them, i'm really trying to look all over the world to find the

equipment that they need to supply their military. they're turning to north korea to iran. a human rights group says russian police detained a dozens of people for mocking at the 1st anniversary of the ukraine war. in moscow in saint petersburg, people were taken away by officers after laying flowers on monuments to ukrainian poets. russia has introduced tough new laws against those who it says discredit the only will criticize what moscow calls its special military operation in ukraine. well, here's what ordinary russians had to say about the conflict or the dynamic which took my expectations. i will miss to be over soon as possible. of course, we're waiting for russia to win in the special military operation, the whole world's against us, nato countries of fighting us. do ukraine supplying them with equipment? and then there were the nazis, what we're looking for to winning this year. and hopefully the sooner the better for this to end right now. but then he has not broken law is of course,

bad. but this year has shown that no other decision could have been taken and that we are defending our independence is freedom, a chance for the future, the future of our children. therefore, we want victory. so which encouraged the mirror, which i really want piece, i really wanted all to and as soon as possible, too many victims, marley speaking and materially, we pensioners feel at all leader of russia's wagner. mushroom group says it's taken full control. the village on the outskirts of the eastern city buck, mood, the village of berkeley, sca nice just outside the front lines. pity, which is seen intense fighting ukraine says its armed forces for back against attacks near the village. well, elaina super. nina is a political adviser at the center of a foreign affairs in russia. she explains why she thinks the tide is turning in rushes favor. we will see more escalation,

this month and the next spring. and this is unfortunately, because also i know very well from my colleagues in russia and from some people quite close to the government at the beginning we expected that it will not take more than that city or 4 weeks, but we see now that it's about is that it's exactly one year up to the. ringback beginning of the crisis, so in my opinion as the beginning or asha, made some mistakes that may be most of these mistakes that related to some i meant from special services the russian army wasn't welcome. busy by credit dance, but now the situation is why stay bell?

there is a problem on the ground, and i think that the situation is much more better from rash and point of view. the u. s. has announced an additional $2000000000.00 in military assistance to ukraine, has more from practical hang and washington d. c. a day after this began, the us president asked congress for $3500000000.00 in military 8 for ukraine. a year later, the amount has increased almost tenfold. in the beginning, u. s. provided stinger anti aircraft, and javelin armor systems, portable, easy to use weapons designed to target plane and tanks. but as the months have passed and the battle lines have shifted, analysts say the pattern has emerged. the biting ministration has taken an approach building on past deliveries to ukraine, testing the waters, seeing the reaction, both from the international community and russia, and then escalating the sophistication in volume of assistance from their over the

course of the year. the us has continued to supply fingers and javelin, adding, in which place known as suicide drills and howitzers, basically mobile canons and the roads to go with it. they provided air defense system ne sam's which is for shorter to medium range intercept and also the patriot defense system which is meant for longer range intercept. they provided highmark that is a gps guided rocket system that is allowed ukrainian some target russian further from the front lines. and now abrams tanks, although the pentagon says they're having those built along with training, that likely means they will be on the battlefield anytime soon. it's a long list that the u. s. continues to add to each time us officials debating and assessing if it will cross rushes red line, which some russian experts say could happen if russia's president vladimir putin thinks he's losing. one of the things that russia could do is to take out one or more of the satellites that,

that allow ukraine to use this precision guided munition arsenal effectively. those satellites are in fact vulnerable. and there are a lot of things that the russians could do to interfere with them and, and that would certainly be a dangerous ask latoria step a year in ukrainians are asking for longer range weapons and fighter jets so far. president joe biden has been clear on his answer. the great in answer he's given before ukrainians, hoping once again they can help change his mind. particle haine, al jazeera washington, united nations security council has met to mark the anniversary at the meeting you in the secretary general. antonia gutierrez said that while the guns are talking now, the road to pace is through diplomacy and accountability. over the past year, these counselors are more than 40 votes on ukraine. the girls are talking now. but

in the ends, we know we all know that the best of diplomacy and accountability is the route to adjust and sustainable peace. be seen line with you and chart of international law . and yesterday's resolution of the general assembly. we must prevent further escalation. ukraine's metro system has become a source of refuge and safety for thousands of people who shelter their doing errands. lexia brian reports from keith descending deep below the ukrainian capital. these escalators carry crowds of commuters to caves, golden gate metro station about 90 meters underground. it's below freezing at street level. down here it's even colder, but people don't mind the temperature because at least it's safe. there's an air ride alert as we film. so young an old gather in the station until it lifted easily is a horror. then we've come down here because there's

a threat in the center of the city. we only come down here. why? yes, sure, i'm worried. i hope all this madness will come to an end and that the russians will experience everything we've lived through. fewer people come down now then in the early days of the war, when the city was encircled by russian forces and thousands lived under ground for weeks, platforms and trains became makeshift camps crammed with people and they pitts and the few belongings they could carry less. yes, nigger was on night shift at lucan yesco metro station when the 1st explosion struck on a movable on the level of what over my friend call me at 5 a. m and said the war has started. i couldn't believe it. debbie heard the sirens and people started to run to the metro to ask for shelter. there was so many people and they were scared. she tells me how she lived in the station for 2 months, helping organize food and sanitation for the crowds of terrified people. go with

you as the head of the station. i couldn't leave those people behind because i knew they needed my help. and when i saw the fear in their eyes, i could not leave one of the challenges. 2 i was running fever, but also the thing across the country over the past year was how to keep people safe. also keeping the train running. now about half a 1000000 people write these trains every day, determined to keep life as normal as possible. as up above the war grinds on leadership, i believe everything will be fine if there are any future attacks will be ready. we feel positive. the stations that were once tourist hotspots and our places of refuge and symbols of ukraine's resilience. alexey o'brien al jazeera keith sola had her on al jazeera. it had been predicted,

but it seemed quite surreal. a correspondent recalls waking up to sounds of bombings and missiles strikes as russia began, its invasion, ukraine's. ah, hello, welcome to another look at this national forecast. we have more very nasty weather making its way across north america as we go on through the next couple of days behind this cold front list stuff here that is the colder air coming through and i was to was the west where we got yet another system lurking said a will be yet more significant snowfall, heavy snow at times coming in across a good part of california. so we are going to see that when she makes just setting in the san francisco around 11 degrees celsius, ellie could see some snow as well. still, and the forecast was a condition here,

some snow there, it's a western part of canada, and yet there is some snow. it was eastern seaboard, bay cold down here. something like a 10 degree drop in noise. temperature is what we see in recent days more. if you take it back a couple of days still test it just ease up on the year. the cooler i was, it go on through sunday, not too bad. 14 celsius for dc. some larvae storms coming into central parts, snow just slipping across the southern rockies at that state. and you can see widespread snow there across that northwestern corner of the u. s. south of western canada all the way down into san francisco. i certainly will problems here over the coming days. no problem. meanwhile, across the carpet, it is fine, dry and sunny. ah, kim denise is fun, faith more and more women performing stuff that will buy crowds and criticism. when i, when 8th, meet the rebel bike as ricky might been,

we didn't shake they drink on al jazeera. oh, wow. oh, now jesse a no oh oh oh, well, you're watching. i'll just air armada about top stores this alex. it's been one years since russia launched its invasion of ukraine, leading to the largest conflict in europe since world war to thousands of people have been killed and millions forced from their homes. you in the 60 general says

that a year into the war, life is a living health that people of ukraine. he was speaking of a high level security counseling debates. one piece of security at the united nations and european union has become the latest western power to impose a new round of sanctions against russia. the east says it wants to hinder the cremeans ability to fund its wall. u. s. coordination g 7 countries also announced from sanctions targeting mosca. well, my colleague andrew simmons was in chief of the day the invasion started. he looks back on how it all unfolded. it had been predicted, but it seemed quite surreal. waking up at 5 am to the sound of bombings and missile strikes. this was all out war. what have you been hearing and saying they're in the ukrainian capital a loud explosion, sir, or something like 7 now, to in the past few minutes,

are we on there again now a crump come daylight. a ghastly picture was emerging. what we were hearing about ground forces is, is not good. ah, the russian invasion was lost with terrifying speed and against a wide range of targets. right across the country. the long military build up around the cranes borders. finally, a least fight holder of the kremlin, with helicopter gun ships. fighter jets miss isles tanks, convoys of armored vehicles are all involved in what russia calls a military operation. single, there's armor columns may be think back to ran about 16 hours before the invasion when we visited border troops in san cuba near czerny heath. it was one of the 3

entry points from bell roost that the russian troops and armoury had used. any resistance put up there wouldn't have stood a chance. no one knew what to expect. and keith, i remember seeing the 1st families moving out from their homes, looking quite casual, really carrying their pet cats, their caged birds. but later, the panic started masses of people trying to leave the city. few would have thought back then just how badly the russians would do. also, few would believe what a dark transformation this war would cause. while amid the fog of war, the flow of information can be at best confusing. it was too misinforming. propaganda is often used as a to during rushes war. any credits come in the form of deep fakes fools narratives and invading rules on social media. lubricant takes look at the wharf information

propaganda, austin at the front and center of showing up support for a nation at war, and russia is no exception. the symbols of its war in ukraine can be found even outside of schools. when was thought that propaganda increased near yeah, use only a 100 percent. politically correct. what's like your convenience. ah, jeez. mock sam home was a calling. i gave government as i keep it as you i must say. ukraine strategy often appeals on an emotional level and central. this is president low to be as zalinski, often depicted as a fig, ahead of bravery and resilience. ukraine cannot engage and doesn't have enough resources actually to engage in, you know, at the same level off

a propaganda campaign as russia to cardiac points out, the many campaigns a led by civil rights groups some with humor, but it's on social media platforms that disinformation is flourishing families lost here. this deep fake of zalinski calling on thought of to lay down weapons was reportedly uploaded to a hacked web site. and game developer, bohemia interactive released the statement after video from its game. alma 3 was falsely shared as a war video, not doing this, and experts are trained in how to distinguish between real combat videos and video games like on the 3 in a statement, bohemia interactive set out how the public can spot a fake. and red flags include a low screen resolution, a dark screen to hide some of those details. and strange particle effects, as it's very difficult to depict, smoke, fire, and dust in video games. online platforms will be moving to ban, cram than byte,

state media tag joins like youtube and letter announce they would. bam, russia to say. and sputnik which then shifted contents to old tech platforms, gab rumble and odyssey. they're popular among the far right. having been established to evade big tech sense ship and us base intelligence firm, nissan. trace video being shared on telegram and twitter from in authentic accounts, linking many to rush media ministries or officials, rushes represents tips the un vassily. no. pansy are recently accused western countries of conducting an anti russia propaganda campaign credentials with so much disinformation and conflicting narratives. truth can be a casualty. when rallying support takes precedence? laura con algae zeron, nominees,

now the death toll from earthquakes that devastated parts of turkey are in syria is now past 50000. rescuers in northern syria are still searching a rubble of buildings destroyed. 2 weeks ago, aid has been slow to reach the region complicated by the ongoing civil war and opposition held areas. many people are still looking for the bodies of missing family members by hand. i got out there, i saw mcdonough and we were removing rock after rock and finding nothing underneath . people were under the concrete screaming, get us out, get us out. but we'd come up with empty hands, but will not allow them to hurry. other people spent 2 or 3 days under the rebel. some stayed there for 4 days. nothing was working for her hands alone weren't enough. we lost children. i lost my brother and his children and my cousins and their children 25 people. so i don't know her voters in nigeria are electing a president and members of parliament on saturday. the race for the leadership is said to be too close to call. i'm a jumped reports from avager. many nigerian say these elections could not be

happening at a more critical time in the race to choose the president, vice president as well as members of the senate and house of representatives. the stakes are extremely high. this true people are they are very hungry. the snow crash on row and a lute casual, how most time does not take care of our sailors. route the capital. people have a long wait to get fuel, and it takes even longer to get money. that's because of a rushed redesign of the national currency and a botched roll out of the new bank notes. 18 candidates are campaigning for the presidency, but opinion polls suggest only 3, have a chance of winning. nigeria has more than $93000000.00 registered voters and about 40 percent of them are under the age of $35.00. that's why many here believe the youth may play a pivotal role in the outcome comes up. low wall is among a new generation of activists speaking out against corruption in nigeria and promoting good governance to the we have over 100000000 people that are very poor

unemployment of i said, 2 percent unemployment treat one of the highest ever. he believes many of the economic problems are a result of growing insecurity in the country to very will last for indirect investment because the engine government cannot guarantee safety of life. so the property will move from natalie book while her out. now to also, you know, succession is in this out east and we have burgundy in the village of reuben mother key on the outskirts of a boucher mercy. daniels works in a plumbing shop and says she hopes the ballot will go smoothly. i will be, it shows to be fair, it should be fell and that she look and by loans to me, the english shall see nearby shop owner on union of holy worries, whether her son and daughter will be able to get the education they need. we are sofa and lots in this and i did. yeah. i prayed that we thought i fled to sailor

jose method in so not land in a country where so many people are hoping for change. they're also apprehensive about what these election sibling, how much i'm doing, and 0 a budget, anti government demonstrations have been held in the rain in that city of z. i had done of the reports of security forces trying to enter one of the city's main mosques. video footage appeared on social media of demonstrators in the capital of the troubled stand baluchistan province. the area has been one of the focal points of the protest that we wrapped in september last year. after 22 year olds at my side, many died in custody. human rights groups, at least 131 people have been killed in a brutal crack down on protest is in the region. for more than 5 days, the busiest border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan has been closed. it reopened for an hour on thursday, for thousands of trucks on both sides of the border are still waiting to pass through them. oh hi. there has more now from the torque border. thousands of drug

test drive dead and hybrid part that needs to be border crossing into our on our door. um, it has now been 5 days and according to estimates that are sick told and drug waiting on both sides of the florida for that particular crossing to reopen. now the budget done has center delegation. one has gone through, discussed the issue. where do you have one or 2 days? earlier on sunday, the doctor did decide to take your no lateral action by closing date border crossing the budgets on border guard. we're not treating goes people who wanted medical attention and budgets on family and that ledger, the closure of the border by august on has also doors the avalon or tartar days that district measured in place because of the fact that project on did undertake

from ttp fighters were crouched in from one us on an infant grade across the border . the buckets on the message to the dollar bond is clear. they had already was there on georgia will not be huge against any other country. now, august on wants action. and although the dollar bond are saying that they tried to get this issue the budget on is i've also sent a message to one side that failure to cross border infiltration may lead or downgrading of diplomatic relations. as well as give buckets on the opportunity to get a our cross border dec august on failure to had exchanged if you're ever done of the d. b leadership on the other side of the board, i was reading the launch fingerprinted, and bucket on it. now considering closing the border and importing even more strict are measured in order to ensure that that does not happen

in the fiber by and it's one person has died in a massive winter storm that's raging across the united states. the victim was up volunteer firefighter. he came into contact with a live power line that was not down in grand rapids. in the state of michigan. the storm has cut power to nearly a 1000000 homes and businesses is also caused road closures and thousands of cancel flights. heavy rains and strong winds are hitting mozambie, cursed the country, braces for a tropical cyclone freddie, which is sweeping westwards. a storm has already devastated the island of one, a gasket destroying houses, displacing thousands and killing at least 7 people laboring countries are also locky to face severe flooding. nighted nations says more than 2000000 people could be affected. a russian spacecraft has blasted off and a mission to rescue a cru stuck on the international space day.