Good morning. It is Sunday, February the 19th. Welcome to our new home at 10 a.m. Eastern. Our show is celebrating three years on the air this weekend. We thank you for watching us this and every weekend. I'm Ali Valshi

live in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, where it is 5 p.m. This coming Friday, we will mark

one year since Russia's unprovoked invasion. I was in Ukraine last spring, in Leviv, in the west of

the country, and I'm back now to see what's changed, what stayed the same, and what's next

for this war, for this country,

and for the global fight for democracy. Now, one thing that remains the same since last year

is that Russia continues to reign terror from the skies in the form of missiles, rockets,

air strikes, and drones, both near the battlefield in the east of the country and far from

the front lines in places like Lviv and right here in the east of the country and far from the front lines, in places like

Lviv and right here in the capital city of Kiev.

And something that is very evident, the air raid sirens have become a part of everyday life here.

There have been multiple air raid sirens each day, one of them about two hours ago.

And while most Ukrainians have come to live with them, hearing them, acknowledging them,

and then largely continuing on with their day, for my team and me, if an air raid siren does go off

during this show, we will need to immediately leave this location and relocate to a more secure

place. So if that does happen, my friend and colleague, Jonathan Capehart, is standing by in New York

to pick up our coverage until I'm safe and set to rejoin.

Now, tomorrow, President Joe Biden is heading to Poland, where on Tuesday he will deliver

remarks commemorating the anniversary of the invasion.

Since February of last year, the United States has committed around $30 billion in aid for Ukraine,

and U.S. officials tell NBC News to expect another large military

aid package for Ukraine to be announced around Biden's trip, in addition to potentially

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