Happening now, Ukraine marks one full year, a bloodshed and brutality at the hands of Russian forces.

President Zelensky defiant, telling CNN victory is inevitable.

This hour I'll speak one-on-one with the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States.

Also tonight breaking news, the prosecution rests in the the killings. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

Wolf Blitzer is off today.

I'm Brianna Keeler and you're in the situation room. We begin our coverage tonight with the latest on Russia's war against Ukraine now

officially one year old. From Kyve to Moscow, CNN's correspondence are covering the

conflict from every angle as the war enters its second year. Let's get straight

to our chief international correspondent, Clarissa Ward, who is in the Ukrainian capital,

Clarissa President Zelensky is marking the occasion with a speech to soldiers and a news

conference with reporters.

What's the mood on the ground following his remarks?

Well, I think there had been some anticipation that today could be a bloody day, that there could have been provocations and attacks. It's actually been

relatively quiet the first day in quite some time where there's been no air raid sirens.

And the message coming from President Zelensky today was also actually Brianna quite upbeat. He said that he believes that it's possible that Ukraine would be able to win this war this year.

Now others would say that that's maybe an optimistic timeline

given the state of affairs, given how difficult the war is, grinding away at a

near stalemate in the east.

He gave a very long press conference,

President Selensky, mostly to foreign journalists

who have all gathered here for the anniversary of the invasion.

Quite a few questions about China, obviously, with this new reporting that CNN has about the

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