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Thoughts, thank you _ boost in morale. great to have your thoughts, thank you very _ boost in morale. great to have your thoughts, thank you very much i boost in morale. great to have your thoughts, thank you very much are | thoughts, thank you very much are coming on the programme. this before that uk annoucement, ukraine's president zelensky warned that his country needs more arms to be delivered, ahead of a spring counter—offensive against russian forces. where that push will happen remains secret. but russian forces have fortified their defences along a front line, that runs for nearly 1...

Ever. >> reporter: neil, new video today of the fight in donbas. the key city continues to be the final ukrainian holdout in the luhansk region. russian officials claim they're making progress around outskirts of the city, but ukrainian officials insist their defense remains. unfortunately, neil, what also remains is the suffering of civilians caught in the middle. listen to. >> translator: tell me, please, when will this war end in when? i have no strength at all. when will it end? tell me, please. >> reporter: neil, you certainly feel for the people in the east. they are living without basic...

International correspondent, matthew chance. matthew, give us a sense of russia's gains in the east, which appear to be happening around severodonetsk right now. >> every day, we see reports coming from sever severodonetsk. in donbas, the russian says their military priority at the moment. every day, we see reports coming out of it. a little bit more russian advancing, a bit of to and froing on the ground but a question of when, not if the important key city will fall completely under russian control. the ukrainians, for their part, seem to be making it difficult as possible, bringing the figh...

Blast their way through, they're going to need it. maxsym's unit was ordered to retreat closer to bakhmut after weeks of heavy fightling. he's one of thousands of ukrainian volunteers. back in kyiv, just after the invasion, he signed up with his friend dymitro. i'm studying economy. and i am studying biology. the two students fought in the victory in kyiv. dymitro is still there. ukrainians have to put aside the deliverance they felt then. in donbas, maxsym, 19 years old, is in an attritional struggle. we are defending this area's chemical factory.

The two students fought in the victory in kyiv. dymitro is still there. ukrainians have to put aside the deliverance they felt then. in donbas, maxsym, 19 years old, is in an attritional struggle. we are defending this area's chemical factory. i think that there is no way to... ..make a deal with putin. putin understands only the language of bullets, blood, war crimes. air—raid sirens were sounding as they prepared to bury a 21—year—old ukrainian soldier. since the invasion, this war has had terrible consequences, and notjust in ukraine. this man and thousands more