. >> let's bring in our chief international correspondent clarissa ward on the ground in kyiv. clarissa, always great to see you. so, tell us what it's like one year in on the ground there. >> reporter: it's really a mixed picture, alisyn. the very fact i'm talking to you from here in kyiv is something that a year ago we might not have expected because all the intelligence services were saying the city would likely fall in a matter of days and yet here we are, it's still standing. the lights are still on as you can see behind me despite the fact that russia has been launching a vicious campaign throughout this winter targeting critical infrastructure, and the ukrainians have made a number of successful counteroffensives taking back a lot of territory, pushing russian forces out, but at the same time, the cost has been huge. and the reality is, in many of these areas, alisyn, even though they've been taken back by ukrainian forces, there are no proper services, the destruction is just jaw dropping. the shelling is still regular and so it doesn't feel like the kind of victory wher

cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins us now live from kyiv.llowing a volunteer group who has a very somber mission. >> reporter: that's right, jake. you know there's been a lot of excitement around here the last few days because of president biden's visit. but now there's a sense that everyone's getting back to the grim reality of dealing with this war, which is grinding on with a terribly high rate of attrition. so many people across this country are volunteering in all different kinds of ways. we met one man who is doing a job that, frankly, few would have the stamina to be able to do, but it means so very much to the families of soldiers who have been killed in action. take a look. on most days he sets out before dawn. part of a volunteer group called bulldozer that transports the remains of ukraine's fallen soldiers back to their families. at a morgue in a kyiv suburb, a group of servicemen awaiting to meet the body of a private. it's somber work and the men move quickly. he hands over the soldier's personal effects. at the moment we have

clarissa ward joins us from ukraine and kylie atwood live at the united nations. >> first to clarissad in the capital kyiv. we just showed a map there that showed how russian forces have been pushed back from many areas, including from around the capital where in the early days the predictions were it would fall. it didn't. and here we are a year later. do ukrainians see any light at the end of the tunnel when you speak to them? >> reporter: it's interesting, jim. when you talk to ukrainians, they tend to take an approach that they believe victory will come, but they do not fixate on any one specific day or pin too much hopes on achieving that objective in the near-term future. because i think there is kind of a clear-eyed understanding increasingly that the fighting in the eastern part of the country has really devolved into a sort of grinding stalemate with a very high rate of attrition on both sides. many ukrainian casualties, though the russian casualties are even higher. and that's why you're hearing the leadership saying again and again, jim, that in order to really finish this

clarissa ward is standing by live in kyiv.ut first we want to get to fred pleitgen who is in moscow where putin just finished that address. putin often saves any announcements or news for the end of these speeches. what stood out to you? >> reporter: yeah, this certainly was one announcement at the end of the speech, you're right, it was a very long speech that putin gave and i would say it was sort of subdivided into three different phases. where on the one hand he said russia tried to do everything to prevent this war, but it was as he put it the regime in kyiv that kept attacking donbas. but one of the other important things that he kept saying is that he tried to make it into a conflict between russia and the west, russia, the east, rather than russia and oosthuizen. bec -- ukraine. he doesn't consider ukraine to be a state. and he pointed out the resilience of the russian economy in the face of all this obviously trying to portray that russia is still going strong. but he did keep the biggest announcement for the last par

let's get to clarissa ward. president zelenskyy is talking to reporter and has a speech. what's the mood on the ground following remarks? >> reporter: i think there is provocation today could be attacks. it's been quiet for the first time there is no air raid sirens and the message coming from president zelenskyy today was actually, brianna quite upbeat. he said he believes it's possible that ukraine would be able to win this war this year. others would say that's an optimistic timeline given the state of affairs and how it's grinding away at a stalemate in the east. he gave a long press conference, president zelenskyy mostly to foreign journalists. new reporting cnn has about the u.s. being concerned that china would consider supplies drones. he had something interesting to say about his desire for the relationship with china's leader xi jinping. take a listen. >> translator: festival of land to meet and i believe that would be beneficial for both states and security around the world. china and ukraine have a lot of trade turnover. it's not just a question of war. we are

cnn's clarissa ward joins us now from kyiv. i found, clarissa, this report you did so moving.about this and how you did this. >> reporter: yeah, anderson, it's not everybody who can do this job, and we certainly haven't realized initially that it really falls to volunteers to do this work, and it is a lot of work. we spoke yesterday with the head of this volunteer group, bulldozer, and they said that yesterday was a record day for the number of ukrainian dead that they were trying to get back to their families so that they could give them proper burials. it's easy to get kind of carried away with the excitement of president biden's visit and all the enthusiasm and support for ukraine that that generated. but underneath that, anderson, when you're spend time here you really remember just how grim and deadly this war really is. take a look. on most days he sets out before dawn. part of a volunteer group called bulldozer that transports the remains of ukraine's fallen soldiers back to their families. at a morgue in the kyiv suburb a group of servicemen awaiting to meet the body o

let's go back to our clarissa ward in kyiv. arissa, you were describing how you witnessed these events unfold. there was an indication about an hour or so ago, that roads were blocked off in kyiv, obviously, we know why. you can tell us more what details you're learning about the meeting? >> reporter: so, bianca, we were able to watch it really all unfold, although we had to stance quite a distance back from the windows. we had different security personnel coming in at different times, asking to us close curtains, to turn off cameras and they did not allow anyone, needless to say, to step out on the yeah. you can probably seif behind me, this is st. michael's church, and then just down there by the wall of the fallen soldiers, i believe you can still see the actual wreaths that president biden and president zelenskyy laid by that wall. they walked behind two soldiers who placed the wreaths. they were out for about just really five minutes, coming out of that church. and standing in the main plaza there. but it was not an insigni

clarissa ward is in ukraine. what are you learning today about the attacks? >> reporter: well, fred, it is definitely becoming increasingly untenable for ukrainian forces to try to defend some of the positions along that front line, particularly in the donbas city of bakhmut, that is grinding heavy fighting with a brutal high rate of attrition on the russian side and also the ukrainian side and i think there is increasingly anticipation that in the coming days or weeks, we may see ukraine officially announce that it is pulling back from that city. i should add, though, that is not the only place where we have seen russian forces continuing to push and to push hard up in the northeast as well in copansk. which was an air that the ukrainians fought hard to take back. and there was a renewed efforts by russias to push ukrainian forces back there. so this is a pivotal moment that ukrainians have predicted for quite sometime whereby russia would start to mobilize some of the 150,000 men that they have trained up and really start to push very hard to make gains. th

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. >> thanks for, that clarissa ward. and stay safe out there. special guests, national security adviser jake sullivan and usaid administrator the samantha power. jake was one of just three who aides accompany biden on that strategic trip to kyiv. i want to ask, you jake sullivan, this was really an extraordinary trip and the president, first time in history a u.s. president has entered a war zone that the united states did not control -- i have taken that overnight train to kyiv. and you are going through poland. and you are in a war zone for a large part of it. so, i am guessing u.s. planes could not enter that war zone. what was it like for you there? what were you guys thinking? there is a period there where the president was not protected the way the president normally is, right? >> first of all, fareed, thank you for having us tonight. i want to thank cnn for putting a spotlight on this war when you're after it began. it's just so important we get the chance to talk about all these issues. the trip actually began with a long planned flight

clarissa ward thank you so much. erybody be sure to watch clarissa's special tonight, a cnn special report, "the will to win: ukraine at war" airs at 8:00 eastern here on cnn. let's bring in former nato commander general wesley clark. general clark, i want to ask you about something that came across at cnn it says that the joint command was released from his point. president zelenskyy released that in decree today. no word why this person was dismissed. i know i'm catching you a little off guard here, out of the clear blue here, but your sense of why that might be happening? >> jim, it would be pure speculation. and i just don't want to engage with this, i met with the general, got close relations with a lot of people in ukraine. it's just not the right -- i just can't speculate on it. >> totally understand. let me get to something that you can comment on because you've had time to digest it. and that is whether or not china is inching closer to his president line as it's been described as it's apparently considering

our chief international correspondent clarissa ward is joining us live from kyiv right now. clarissa, you actually traveled with a group of ukraine volunteers to return fallen soldiers to their families. tell us about that. >> reporter: well, wolf, this is a job that not everybody has the psyche to do. it is very hard work. long hours on the road. it is very somber and sad work but it means a lot to the families who are able to be reunited with the remains of their loved ones, to give them a proper burial. and what we learned from spending time with the bulldozer group, is the number of casualties that they are seeing and transporting has been rising consistently. yesterday they said was the highest number that they had had in some time. and that is because there has been a really high rate of attrition in the fighting that has been going on, particularly in the eastern part of the country in the city of bakhmut. we know that so many russian soldiers have been killed and pushed out in waves to try and push that front line. but ukrainian soldiers as well are dying at very, ver

clarissa ward has her story. >> reporter: when you look at it now, what do you feel?he missile sliced nastia's one-bedroom apartment in half, killing both of her parents in the kitchen, while just inches away nastia clung on to life. >> i think for a lot of people it's hard to understand why russia would use this huge missile that's intended to take out an aircraft carrier in a residential area, how do you try to understand why russia would do something like this? >> i don't understand. >> reporter: can you tell me a little bit about your mom and dad, what they were like as people? >> reporter: do you ever wonder why you were saved? it's this extraordinary image that we see of you surviving the unsurvivable. >> you can watch clarissa ward's special report the are will to win, ukraine at war, airs at 7:00 and 8:00, and 9:00 p.m. in london here on cnn. >>> turkey has begun rebuilding homes after this month's catastrophic earthquake, just ahead, while some engineers say the government is moving too fast. we'll have a live report from turkey when we come back. please stay

cnn's clarissa ward is on the ground in ukraine. covered this war since before day one in the preparations when it seemed like it was inevitable. what is it like being there on the ground a year after this invasion first started? >> reporter: it's hard to imagine that this time a year ago we had been up all night watching explosions light up the night sky, intelligence services at that time were predicting that within a matter of days probably the city of kyiv would fall. quite clearly, it has not fallen. it is still standing strong. the ukrainians have made a series of impressive gains on the battlefield with counteroffensives taking back territory around the country. the ukrainian leadership is telling us that their goal is to take back everything that was taken. even dating back to 2014 when russia first annexed crimea. there is no question that that is going to be a challenging road ahead for them, particularly when you look at the fighting in the east which is grinding on. its almost looking like something of a stalemate. that'

clarissa ward and kaitlan collins are both standing by.ical commentators here in the united states are joining us as well, david axelrod and adam kinzinger. you just heard the ukrainian ambassador to the united states describe the morale boost president biden's visit has given ukrainians. what impact do you expect this visit will have as the one-year anniversary of this war approaches? >> reporter: i think, wolf, there's no mistake about it. this was a much-needed shot in the arm. the symbolism of this visit was incredibly powerful. we know that president zelenskyy has asked repeatedly in the past for president biden to visit. he said during the press conference that the two of them gave that this conversation had brought ukraine one step closer to victory. and really it's being seen as a sort of guarantee that the u.s. is in this for the long haul, that they believe ukraine can do it, and that they're going to help them go about doing it. in terms of the real-time, substantive impact on the trip, i think it's difficult to judge yet. obvio

clarissa ward is in kyiv. phil, what is the white house saying tonight about the significance of this trip? . >> you know, anderson, the symbolism was carefully calibrated for maximum effect at a critical moment, an inflection point. some white house have framed this moment in the war the message you heard from president biden both intention a.m. and steadfast. but what's been most interesting is my conversation with white house officials have really been focused on the substance of the actual meetings between president zelenskyy and biden and their top advisers, underscoring that because this is such a critical moment in the war, the path ahead, understanding both what ukrainians are requesting, what they need, what u.s. officials believe the battle space looks like in the weeks and months ahead and what they believe they and the rest of their alliance can provide was a critical discussion to have that went deep into the details. now anderson, you alluded to some of the issues president zelenskyy has requeste

clarissa ward is in that square where biden and zelenskyy walked in kyiv, ukraine.et's begin with you, kaitlan. biden left kyiv, this trip, understandably shrouded in secrecy. walk us through the decision making and security measures put in place for this. >> reporter: yeah. we believe he's on the train back. we'll get the full details until he is safely out of ukraine and the white house says they'll let us know everything that went into this behind the scenes. what we know now that this was a trip that was months in the making with the final call was not made to actually have president biden go to ukraine until he was huddling in the oval office with his aides on friday. and they made a decision. they weighed the concerns here. obviously the dangers of having a president go into an active war zone where there is no u.s. military presence. i can't remember until recent memory, jim, i don't know if you can either, of when that has actually happened. it was a manageable risk. they had president biden go and go into ukraine as he had those few precious hours on the gr

clarissa ward is live in kyiv. sam kiley is joining us from kharkiv.s go to jim sciutto for more on how this very, very secret trip came together. jim, what are you learning? >> wolf, it's a complicated journey from the u.s. capital to the ukrainian capital, which began on sunday morning at 4:15 a.m. here in washington, with stops at ramstein airbase in germany for refuelling, and another stop at a polish airbase. the rest of the journey to kyiv on a train from poland to the ukrainian capital. we should note the u.s. gave a heads up to russia in advance. this is not for russia's convenience, but in effect, a warning to not fire on the ukrainian capital, while the u.s. president is there. we should also note, u.s. air assets were deployed right up to the polish border, careful not to cross into ukrainian airspace. they do not want to come into conflict with russian military resources there. but close enough both for overwatch for the president's safety, and also in the event that there was an attack, that the president was injured in some way, they woul

clarissa ward is "outfront" in kyiv for us this evening. where is the focus on the ground tonight for what happens next? >> reporter: i think the focus right now really, kate, is on the east, and particularly looking at bakhmut where russians have been making incremental gains pretty much every single day. there has been a lot of speculation that ukraine was getting ready to cede that city any moment that they basically just wanted to get through the anniversary. but officially the message today was an upbeat one. we heard president volodymyr zelenskyy who gave a very long press conference to journalists today, who also went and handed out medals to soldiers, saying that he believes that 2023 can be the year for victory. i think a lot of people across the country would love to believe that, too. but i think there is also a lot of clear-eyed realism about the number of challenges ahead. and that's why you've been hearing ukrainian officials relentlessly asking again and again for this heavier weaponry that they believe they need to win this

senior national security correspondent alex marquardt is in dnipro and clarissa ward is in kyiv. we'll hear from fred and alex later in the program, but now clarissa, i want to ask you something very simple to help us set the stage. what is the state of this war right now? you've been covering it for -- ever since it began. >> reporter: that's right, fareed. and when we watched explosions one year ago lighting up the night sky, the expectation from intelligence services was that kyiv would fall in a matter of days. well, one year later kyiv is still standing. you can see the lights are still on behind me despite a ruthless concerted russian campaign to target civilian infrastructure, and the ukrainian military has been able to launch several very successful counteroffensives relying on a mixture of courage, obviously, but also creativity, savvy international support and cutting-edge technology that has been crucial in pushing back russian forces. but ukrainian authorities now, fareed, are saying that they want to take back all the territory they've lost. they want to return to 199

and we have cnn's clarissa ward live in kyiv with us. per sp special documentary airing tonight. >> reporter: back in april, our team witnessed some of the terror of kharkiv firsthand. >> come on, maria. let's go. >> reporter: so we were just in an apartment building. they were looking for an injured man, a bunch of rounds came in and hit the next door building so now we are getting out as fast as we can. the incoming fire continued. paramedics kept searching for the injured man. and soon they found him just in time to save his life. on our return to kharkiv eight months later, i knew our first stop had to be here. [ speaking non-english ] how are you? alive? healthy? we're alive, exactly. >> reporter: miraculously the pair is alive and well. and though the skies are much quieter, they are still saving lives. >> i heard that you are now doctors. >> like resident. >> a resident. >> yeah, in america. >> that is amazing. i don't know who anyone in the middle of a war also manages to finish medical school. this is like not normal. >> it is u

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. >>> and programming note, clarissa ward has returned to ukraine one year after the war agenda, see what she found in the "will to win ukraine at war" sunday night at 8:00. >>> and federal investigators are releasing new details about the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. the head of the ntsb telling cnn that it is still too early to tell what would have prevented the disaster. but that the agency had zeroed in on the cause. more now from miguel marquez in east palestine. >> this was 100% preventable. >> reporter: 100% preventable says the ntsb. today releasing its initial read on what caused the toxic derailment crippling the small townpalestine, ohio. >> the wheel bearing failed. car number 23 derailed. >> reporter: the ntsb saying it was an overheated wheel bearing on a single rail car that eventually set off a sensor alerting the conductor to stop the train. >> we have no evidence that the crew did anything wrong. >> reporter: in all, 38 cars derailed including several transporting chemicals. surveillance video shows sparks and a bright light coming from underneath the t

. >> let's bring in clarissa ward in kyiv and co-anchor of cnn this morning kaitlan collins in warsaw, poland. how are ukrainians reacting to the speeches from president biden and putin? >> well, perhaps unsurprisingly, president zelenskyy said he didn't watch putin's speech today but then he did, obviously, get the cliff notes, if you will, because he went on to issue a statement saying that putin essentially is communicating as a terrorist, the only different terrorists wear masks and these guys don't cover their faces. that, obviously, in very stark contrast to his response on twitter to the speech that president biden gave where he said i thank potus and all of america for their leadership in rallying the world in support of freedom. kyiv stands strong, kyiv stands proud, it stands tall and most important, it stance free. clearly that symbolism of biden's visit and also the symbolism he was conjuring up in his speech today resonated very deeply. i will bring up one other top adviser to president zelenskyy who wrote this who hits it on the head, comparing the two speeches, black an

clarissa ward, thank you so much. of course, we'll be watching this morning. ke sure to tune into tonight to clarissa's special report. it airs tonight at 8:00. >>> two israeli brothers were shot and killed today in the west bank in what local leaders call an extremely serious terrorist attack. the attackers used their car to ram into the brothers on a busy road before shooting them in what local officials say was point-blank range. it comes days after a massive israeli raid left 11 palestinians dead. hadas gold is joining us now. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: we know this attack happened on a busy route that passes through a palestine town that israeli settlers often use to get to other settlements. it's been a flash point in the past. but it seems as though this attacker who is still on the road, officials said they're trying to find the attacker or attackers, used their car to ram into these two brothers who were 19 and 21 years old, to ram into their car and shoot them in what as you noted was said point point-blank range and they both died on the

. >>> this quick programming note, be sure to join clarissa ward as she takes an in-depth look at the ukraine war one year later. watch "the will to win" tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and a developing weather situation in california. blizzard warnings are now in effect in los angeles for the first time in 34 years, a rare winter storm. hard to believe these images. blanketing the region, up to 8 feet of snow is possible in some areas, but snow is just part of the problem. heavy rain is also calling flash flood watches as well, impacting 20 million people. cnn's camila bernal is live for us in california. it only seems like it's worsening, the conditions, that is. >> reporter: it hasn't stopped snowing all day long. it's either snow or rain. it has not stopped for the last 24 hours or so. what you see behind me, this is the i-5. we're essentially on the grapevine. this is the major highway that connects los angeles to san francisco. it is shut down because it is too dangerous for drivers. yesterday authorities said there was about a 20-mile stretch of highway that was closed

let's go to clarissa ward. you were there before the war started. you were there after. you have been in and out the country for the duration of all of this. can you give us perspective where we are now? how people are faring in a place like kyiv. describe kyiv to us. a lot of people don't realize what kyiv looks like now. n. comparison to when the war started. it isn't a city that is completely shut down and destroyed. people are going about their business the best they can. people have families and jobs. it is also not necessarily, sarah, a reflection of what the rest of the country looks like, right? if you travel towards the east, of course, where there is very heavy fighting but also to the south. it is recently liberated a few months ago but still continues to be shelled day in and day out. in many of these recently liberated areas, life is far rosie, right? you have minimal electricity, minimal running water. you have regular bombardment often. you have challenges of trying to rebuild in a situation that is very insecure. and interesting listening to the mayor of

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clarissa ward is live in kyiv. phil mattingly is here in warsaw with me. chief national correspondent correspondent jim sciutto is standing by in washington. clarissa, i want to start with you, because you're on the ground here. you're on the ground in kyiv, adds the president was making that visit there. he got that briefing from zelenskyy's team. what is the message he's hearing from them? what are they saying that they need and that they need now? >> well, the message that they've been saying over and over again, which was reiterated again today, kaitlan, is that they are deeply appreciative and grateful for the support, but that they desperately need long-range artillery, fighter jets, heavier weaponry in order to finish off this war. there has been a real concern that the fighting in bakhmut and the east of ukraine particularly has not been going very well, with russia just willing to sacrifice the lives of thousands and thousands of its soldiers and young men, who are fighting there. and ukraine really struggling to maintain the momentum that they had

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clarissa ward is standing by in kyiv. what are you hearing from the people there? >> well, i think that the people here are still feeling pretty buoyant after yesterday's visit by president biden. they are hopeful that this symbolic visit is a strong gesture of support and that potentially it portends greater support militarily and specifically, aim talking about in terms of the heavier more advanced weaponry that the ukrainians have been re questing for some time, and in particular f-16 fighter jets and longer-range missiles and in the shorter term they need more munitions, and they need a supply, because they are burning through it pretty fast in eastern part of the country particularly. so they are going to be looking to the speech to see if there are any more clues as to what that increased support might look like. and we heard yesterday from the president's chief of staff that certain issues had been resolved and others that had been stuck were sped up. somewhat cryptic and not exactly clear what he was alluding to, but people here are optimistic that potentia

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be sure to join clarissa ward as she looks at ukraine one year since the invasion began. you can watch the cnn special report, the will to win, ukraine at war, it airs tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> we are also following the latest in the a alex murdaugh double murder trial. the disgraced former south carolina attorney taking the stand for a second day and admitting to telling multiple lies to investigators. >> these are some startling moments in court. most significantly, he admitted he lied to investigators about being at at the scene of his wife and son's murder. murdaugh continues to insist that he is not the killer. let's go to diane gallagher, who has the latest. >> so you, like you have done so many times over the course of your life, had to backup and make a new story that fit with the facts. >> reporter: alex murdaugh under cross-examination for a second day, several times getting heated. >> you're dang right i'm consistent about that because a very short time before that, david owens is asking me questions and telling me i'm a suspect in th

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let's bring in to talk about that and more clarissa ward, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine bill taylor and retired major general marks. general, on the agreement, right, between the united states, russia, et cetera, that was supposed to expire in 2026, the fact that russia is saying now it will not go along anymore with any inspections on a full withdrawal, but the significance of that and the fact that antony blinken the secretary of state said it is deeply unfortunate in any event and irresponsible said the u.s. will talk to russia about this at any point regardless of what is happening on the world stage with russia and ukraine. that is how critical the u.s. believes this is. >> absolutely critical. look, the only way that the nuclear threat is going to cool down in any way is if you look at past history where the united states and formerly the soviet union agreed to have their salt talks, to have the start talks, and then to continue with the new start talks that we see right now. that competition has been in place for over four to five decades and

ward is in kyiv. let's start with phil and clarissa. is the white house saying tonight about the significance of this trip? >> you know anderson, the symbolism was carefully calibrated for maximum effect and a critical moment, inflection points, some white house officials have framed this moment in this war as the message that you heard from president biden both intentional and steadfast. but what has been most interesting is my conversation with white house officials have really been focused on the substance of the actual meetings between president zelenskyy and biden and their top advisers, underscoring that because this was such a critical moment in the war the path ahead understanding both what ukrainians are requesting and what they need, what you west officials believe, the battle space looks like in the weeks and months ahead and what they believed in the rest of their alliance can provide was a critical discussion to have. it went deep into the details. anderson, you alluded to some of the issues that president zelenskyy has req