Vladimir milov in vilnius, lithuania. Welcome to hardtalk. Great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You know as well as i do that this war has now lasted for more than 18 months. It has turned into an attritional fight, which is proving to be terribly, horribly costly on both sides. Would you accept that that suits Vladimir Putin right now better than ukraine . On one hand, yes, because putin wants western patience and ukrainian patience to be exhausted and he still has a lot of resources to fight a lengthy war. On the other hand, there are a lot of bad news for putin. His army and personnel is becoming exhausted and depleted, too. Resources are also not endless. And here is where the western sanctions are working. So in the longer run, i think the odds are that ukraine is set finally to win this battle. But we need patience and we might see a protracted conflict. And patience is the key word here. Just on the question of the levels of s
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in istanbul against galatasaray. they threw away a two goal lead with 25 minutes to play. they now have to beat bayern munich in their final group game. but they could already be out by then if the german champions lose to fc copenhagen. that match has kicked off in the allianz arena. it is goalless still not goalless, so there is still some hope. psv eindhoven have kept themselves in contention in group b beating sevilla 3 2. sevilla are out. that s in arsenal s group who just need a draw to reach the last 16 3 0. real madrid are already through, they are playing second placed napoli. they ve come from behind but now lead 2 1. jude bellingham real sociedad and inter milan are both through from group d, neck and neck on ten points. who else? it s all about who finishes top. they re playing benfica and salzburg. inter milan intermilan are inter milan are losing to inter milan are losing to benfica. the england captain owen farrell won t take part in next year s six nations cha
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. you re watching the context on bbc news. british gymnastics bans coaches from weighing gymnasts part of new safeguarding rules for young athletes. to new york now, where a federal court has formally welcome to the programme. these the bbc that talks are still under way to extend that truce between israel and hamas. we are waiting to hear more about that and get more official confirmation about any terms around that, but at the moment, we can see the pictures there now. those two russians who were part of the group released today. russian israelis, motherand daughter, 73 years old and her 50 year old daughter. they are russian immigrants living in israel. we will stay across that developing story and when we get it. to new york now, where a federal court has formally announced charges against an indian government employee, alleging he conspired to assassinate a sikh separatist in the us. the unnamed official is accused of working with anoth