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Amid the devastation. president biden visits poland to show support for ukraine's neighbour and announces a deal on gas to reduce european reliance on russian energy. reports from the us say the wife of a us supreme courtjudge repeatedly texted donald trump's chief of staff urging him to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the duke and duchess of cambridge on the last leg of a caribbean tour that's attracted crowds and some controversy. hello. we begin this hour with the war in ukraine. the russian military have signalled they are shifting the focus of their campaign in ukraine and will...

>> get in, get in. >> that is what covering this kind of war involves. ukrainian troops also have made some headway on the first counter-offensive of the war thus far. they're trying to push back a stalled russian advance. there are some signs how that may be working. russian officials say they're narrowing their ambitions, and their goal, they say, may not involve taking kyiv as a primary objective. the times is calling that the narrows of putin's war aims. for more context, we are joined by nyu history professor and dave rathka, a foreign policy journalist. welcome to both of us. no one take...

Kyiv, if this is a narrowing of the kremlin's war aims, what have ukrainian authorities made of it? we are waiting to hear their considered response _ are waiting to hear their considered response but there was no trust before _ response but there was no trust before this invasion started and there's— before this invasion started and there's simply no trust now. it's been _ there's simply no trust now. it's been completely shattered and while there are _ been completely shattered and while there are still more than 100,000, close _ there are still more than 100,000, close to _ there are stil...

And the head of nato, who met troops taking part in cold response, says the consequences will be felt for many years to come. resident putin is getting exactly the opposite of what he wants. he wants less nato at his borders, he's getting more nato at his borders. he wants to divide nato. he has actually united, is uniting nato. but there's still a limit as to what nato is willing to do. it stands ready to defend its members, but it won't be using its military power to intervene in ukraine. jonathan beale, bbc news, narvik, norway. joining us now is philip ingram, a former senior military inte...

Switching its focus to the donbas re . ion? ~ . , switching its focus to the donbas reuion? ., ., region? may mediate reaction was, this is an excuse _ region? may mediate reaction was, this is an excuse for _ region? may mediate reaction was, this is an excuse for failure. - region? may mediate reaction was, this is an excuse for failure. when l this is an excuse for failure. when the campaign started, we know the russians expected to roll over the ukrainians in about three days, and they are now claiming they were simply fixing the ukrainian forces and position while they sorted out the east...