February 24, 2023 - It's now one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began

US President Joe Biden told ABC News on Friday that Ukraine “doesn’t need F-16s now,” despite reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have, in recent days escalated their public lobbying campaign for the US-made fighter jets, arguing they need them urgently to defend against Russian missile and drone attacks.

Pressed on Zelensky’s calls for the US to provide the fighter jets, Biden told Muir: “There is no basis upon which there is a rationale, according to our military now, to provide F16s,” adding “I am ruling it out, for now.”

Earlier Friday, Biden balked when asked by CNN’s Jeremy Diamond what he told Zelensky during his visit to Kyiv about the possibility of providing F-16s, responding: “That’s a private discussion.”

Biden National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said during a town hall Thursday the F-16s came up during the US president's surprise trip to Ukraine.

Some context: Ukraine's renewed public push for the planes, which Ukraine's foreign minister publicly described as a "priority" last month, appears driven in large part by a belief in Kyiv that with enough public pressure, the Ukrainians can eventually secure weapons systems that were once deemed a red line by the west.

"What is impossible today is absolutely possible tomorrow," Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told NPR in January.

A Ukrainian military official echoed that sentiment in comments to CNN, saying, "It's going to come sooner or later."

There's no evidence "so far" that China will militarily back Russia in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden said Friday while warning any support would have economic ramifications for Beijing.

Asked if he was worried China would fight with Russia, the president said he spoke to Chinese leader Xi Jinping about the issue and about the economic consequences during the summer. "And I said, ‘Look, it's not a threat. It's just a statement,” Biden said as he departed the White House.

Some context: The US has intelligence that the Chinese government is considering providing Russia with drones and ammunition for use in the war in Ukraine, three sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN.

It does not appear that Beijing has made a final decision yet, the sources said, but negotiations between Russia and China about the price and scope of the equipment are ongoing.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the issue when he met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Saturday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, officials said.

One year after Russia's invasion, the US still leads the world in bilateral aid sent to Ukraine, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German research institute that has been tracking more than $150 billion in aid to Ukraine from January 2022 through January 15 of this year.

US commitments, including financial, humanitarian and military aid, have exceeded $70 billion, more than the EU member countries and institutions combined, which are nearing $55 billion.

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But smaller nearby countries, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are throwing a greater portion of their economic power behind Ukraine, leading aid contributions as a percent of GDP.

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The European Union has approved a 10th round of sanctions against Russia, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU said on Friday.

“It’s one year since Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, today, the EU approved the 10th package of Russian sanctions,” the presidency said on Twitter. 

The Swedish Presidency of the EU added the new sanctions package has imposed “the most forceful and far-reaching sanctions ever to help Ukraine win the war.”

The package includes:

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tweeted that he welcomed the EU’s agreement on its 10th round of sanctions.

As the war enters its second year, the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said Russia’s economy will experience more difficulties due to Europe largely cutting out Russian gas and continued sanctions.

“Last year, Russia could cut a lot of money because of the high prices of energy, and we were still very much dependent on Russian gas imports,” Borrell told CNN’s Isa Soares on Friday. “But that’s over, Europe is no longer consuming Russian gas. We were 40% dependent, now we are only 6% dependent. No Russian oil.”

When Russia’s war broke out, Western countries hit back with unprecedented sanctions to punish Moscow and pile pressure on President Vladimir Putin. Russia’s economy did weaken as a result, but also showed resilience. As demand for Russian oil fell in Europe, Moscow redirected its barrels to Asia.

The European Union — which spent more than $100 billion on Russian fossil fuels in 2021 — has made huge strides in phasing out purchases. 

The bloc, which dramatically reduced its dependence on Russian natural gas last year, officially banned most imports of Russian crude oil by sea in December. It enacted a similar block on refined oil products this month.

CNN's Julia Horowitz contributed reporting to this post.

More than 250 attacks during Russia’s invasion last year left nearly one in 10 Ukrainian hospitals damaged, some repeatedly, according to new analysis reviewed by CNN by investigators from the United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Ukraine published Tuesday.

The analysis is a joint undertaking of five nongovernmental organizations: eyeWitness to Atrocities (eyeWitness), Insecurity Insight, the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the Ukrainian Healthcare Center (UHC). CNN has reviewed their analysis but cannot independently confirm the details of each attack.

Nearly 200 medical workers, who at the time of war are protected under international human rights laws, were either killed, injured, kidnapped or arrested, the collaboration between the NGOs revealed.

Researchers documented 707 health care attacks between February and December 2022, including damage to facilities, such as strikes by ground-launched explosives, and other attacks, such as looting, denial of access to health care and disruption of patients’ access to utilities necessary for medical care.

CNN has asked the Russian government for comment but has not yet received a response. Russia has previously claimed that it only fires on targets of military value. 

Read more here.

It's been one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and officials around the world are weighing in.

Here's what some have had to say:

Jill Biden. The first lady of the US told reporters Friday that she always has Ukrainians on her mind.

King Charles III. King Charles III assured that "the United Kingdom, along with its allies, is doing everything possible to help at this most difficult time."

Merrick Garland. US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department "will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our Ukrainian and international partners in defense of justice and the rule of law."

He vowed to investigate Russian crimes, prosecute alleged war criminals found in the US, "effect seizures against sanctioned enablers of the Kremlin and Russian military," and to transfer certain seized Russian oligarch's assets.

Antony Blinken. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rolled out more sanctions, visa restrictions and additional tariffs for Russia in a Friday announcement

G7 leaders. Leaders of the G7 reaffirmed their support in a statement Friday, and called for an end to "Russian aggression."

The leaders call the war “an attack on the fundamental principles of sovereignty of nations, territorial integrity of states and respect for human rights,” call nuclear rhetoric by Russian President Vladimir Putin “irresponsible” and “unacceptable,” and say they are “united in our determination to hold President Putin and those responsible to account, consistent with international law.”

Kamala Harris. Vice President Kamala Harris shared a video on Twitter detailing the United States' support for Ukraine.

Jens Stoltenberg. Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on Twitter sent well wishes to Ukraine and said that the organization will continue its support for Ukraine.

A local London council has announced a new road name – “Kyiv Road” – to mark one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Westminster City Council said in a statement on Thursday that the new address will cover a small section of Bayswater Road in central London, with a new road sign installed on Friday. 

Kyiv Road will be located a short distance from the Russian embassy, Westminster City Council said in the statement.

“The request for a new placename has come from the Ukrainian community itself. Westminster is home to Ukrainians displaced by the war, and our residents have opened their hearts and their doors to those fleeing Putin’s war machine,” Westminster City Council leader Adam Hug said in the statement.

“As the center of an international capital, it seemed to us entirely fitting that part of our City should carry a torch for the unbowed defenders of Ukraine. It’s a small stretch of road, but we want to show the people of Ukraine that their struggle has a visible place in our City,” the councilor added. “Placenames across London have changed over the decades to mark momentous points or figures in history, so Kyiv Road is part of that long tradition.”

Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko said that Kyiv Road is “a symbol of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and a tribute to their unwavering spirit in the face of aggression.”

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine caused them to flee their home in Kyiv, Oleksandr Shaposhnykov and Nataliia Shaposhnykova have been adjusting to daily life in New York City over the past year. 

The former dentists, aged 58 and 55, respectively, now live in Brooklyn. They are learning English with the Riverside Language Program — which supports immigrants, asylum-seekers and refugees — and are part of the Emma’s Torch culinary training program for refugees.

Their immediate family members fled to Pennsylvania and Switzerland to escape the war, but they said they have many friends still living in Kyiv, Irpin, Bucha and other areas. Some left the country for a while but missed their homes and went back, the couple said. 

Shaposhnykova said she is working as a barista at the culinary program's cafe inside the Brooklyn Public Library, which she called “hard but interesting.”

While they are grateful to be safe, the couple said they want to work to keep themselves from dwelling too much on the war and how it broke their family apart.

“I miss my family,” Shaposhnykov said, adding that they want to eventually live in America together.

“All of Ukrainian people want the war stopped and Ukraine [to] win. We want to be with our families, our friends, but Ukrainian people [are] very brave and strong, so everything will be OK,” Shaposhnykova said via translator Nadiia Kutniak, who works at Riverside Language Program.

The couple said some aspects of New York City have been difficult — Shaposhnykova got sticker shock when she saw rent prices, and said even getting one room without credit history was a “very big problem." But they have also found community through programs they have joined.

They came to the United States via the Uniting for Ukraine program, which US Citizenship and Immigration Services says “provides a pathway for Ukrainian citizens and their immediate family members who are outside the United States to come to the United States and stay temporarily in a 2 year period of parole.”