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formerly head of the british army, the ukrainian mp oleksiy goncharenko, and michael koffman, director of russia studies at the centre for naval analyses. good evening. welcome to the programme. a special edition tonight as we look towards the one year anniversary tomorrow of the war in ukraine. on this night a year ago, we were still largely guessing at what president putin had in mind. the russian troops had been massing for weeks along the ukraine border, though most ukrainians still doubted the intelligence that was coming from washington. but then just a few hours after the programme came off air, this. the first bombs had begun to fall. the air raid sirens wailed across kyiv for the first time, as russian tanks rolled towards the capital. and at that point, most people expected a quick russian victory. it hasn t turned out that way. the war waged by vladimir putin has been a disaster for his country. the resistance much stronger than he d anticipated. for ukraine ....
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