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At some point in time, russians will be held accountable. >> putin putin personally? >> putin will be held accountable. >> for war crimes? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> whats going on right now, do you think this wagner mutiny, its being called, is going to affect putins war in ukraine? >> yes. at the tactical level, it has the impact of taking a very capable player off the battlefield of ukraine. over the past 16 months, its been the wagner group who has been the only russian entity, if you wil...

Within ukrainian territory. russia reacted even before the announcement. it said its military would respond appropriately. russian forces have been focused on seizing bakhmut in the east. a city that now lies in ruins. there, the head of the mercenary wagner group said territory that had been captured was now being thrown away. the ukrainian counteroffensive will be decided by this man, president zelensky. if he delays the attack it gives time for russia to reinforce positions. if he rushes into...

The use of storm shadow will allow ukraine to push back russian forces based within ukrainian sovereign territory. the uk is the first country to supply ukraine with longer range cruise missiles. they can hit targets at least 150 miles away. this is the kind of weapon ukraine has long said it needs to be able to destroy russian command centres, fuel and ammunition dumps, deep in enemy—controlled areas. they come with a promise. they can only be used within ukrainian territory. russia reacted e...

To do really well. would the loss of bakhmut be a significant setback? there is argument over how strategically useful it is. i think the ukrainians, at a strategic level, are still playing a blinder. bakhmut is now ruined so putin is welcome to it, i think, in that regard. unfortunately there has been more of a blood sacrifice, which has made it more politically significant, and thats why you have seen such a stand—off on both sides. but strategically if you zoom out the map it doesnt matter ...

Ukraine is fighting very, very hard forthis. —— donbas. and ukraine is fighting very, very hard for this. —— donbas. and its pretty clear that the main reason they are doing this as they are using bakhmut to try to degrade brescias military capability, in other words, to kill russian soldiers. thousands of russian soldiers. thousands of russian soldiers. thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize the city which they had yet to take, and at the moment, it seems that the calcu...

James, how strategically significant is bakhmut? because there are some experts saying or questioning whether the cost of defending it is worth it. well, this is the interesting question, overtly, bakhmut is not strategically important in tha its not a communications or transport hub, yet both sides are fighting incredibly hard for this. the question is why? from the russian point of view, they clearly need some good news. they need some kind of victory after not a great winter so far, so they a...

The supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli, has said the scale of the war in the country is �*unbelivable — with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed and more than 200,000 russian soldiers killed or wounded, including 1,800 officers. earlier i spoke to dr patrick bewree, a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath and a former british army captain. he says ukrainian forces are now trying to retreat west. what you have seen is politically the defence ...

But these russian troops, say the ukrainian army, is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare for what western analysts call a controlled fighting withdrawal from parts of the city. local officials insist ukraine still controls bakhmut, but accept there is now fighting in the streets. translation: the city is almost destroyed, i not a single building has remained untouched. the bridges are destroyed, currently there is no communication in the city so it is cut off. the russians are ...