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Teacher, Anna Ohoiko, joins us to give listeners - and Victoria - a lesson in the Ukrainian language.

The 麻豆社鈥檚 diplomatic correspondent James Landale is in Kyiv and tells us that Ukrainians are beginning to question whether to stay and fight in Bakhmut, or retreat and regroup. And he tells us about a new bar that鈥檚 opened in Kyiv as people show their determination to keep living.

And who is the Russian Volunteer Corps? 麻豆社 Russia鈥檚 Liza Fokht tries to shed some light on the Russian group fighting Putin.

Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The series producer is Fiona Leach. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and the editor is Sam Bonham.

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