More than a million people are estimated to have fled across the country’s borders but to bring us up to speed on the latest developments on the ground is Siobhán O’Grady, a Washington Post reporter currently in Kyiv and also joining us with analysis is General Sir Richard Barrons, Former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command & leading UK Defence Expert.

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