Russia

The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a US-sponsored resolution to throw Russia out of the UN Human Rights council over mounting war crimes allegations.

Alexander Rodnyansky, an adviser to President Zelenskyy, joined us from Berlin.

Civilians in Donetsk and Luhansk have been warned to get out while they still can – officials urging them “do not delay”. 

During weeks of Russian occupation the Ukrainian town of Trostyanets was systematically destroyed.

From holiday homes to luxury yachts, the wealth amassed by Russian oligarchs allied with Vladimir Putin is being seized by countries around the world as sanctions kick in.

We were joined by retired colonel and former defence advisor to Ukraine Liam Collins, who helped train and reform Ukraine’s military between 2016 and 2018.

President Biden has just been speaking at a trade union conference in Washington DC where he gave more details on the new sanctions the US has imposed on Russia.

We were joined from Kyiv by Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko.

We were joined by Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee.

Mass graves, civilians tortured and shot, an entire town virtually obliterated as residents took whatever shelter they could.

In Russia, showing opposition to what the Kremlin calls its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine can land you in prison for 15 years. 

While the war has escalated, Nato has trodden a path between supplying military hardware to Ukraine while avoiding being drawn into military action itself. 

We spoke to Ihor Zhovkva, one of President Zelenskyy’s top advisers, and began by asking him how he thought negotiations were going after Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday said they were proceeding satisfactorily.

More than four million people have now fled what the UN described today as Russia’s “utterly senseless” war on Ukraine.

Many of Ukraine’s best known musicians have traded their instruments for weapons, joining the defence of their country.