The situation in Ukraine is the focus of the world’s media. The shelling of Kharkiv has been condemned as a war crime by the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. There has been damage across the whole of Ukraine, but the next phase of the Russian operation is expected to be even more violent. Ukrainian people say they are resolute and prepared to lay down their lives – perhaps best represented by their own president. Volodymyr Zelensky is still in Kyiv and says he is ready to fight.
With Russian troops closing in on the capital of Ukraine, we ask our guests: just how many ordinary people in Russia are actually in favor of the war? How many realize what is happening, given the propaganda fed to them by the Russian media? If they knew the truth, could Vladimir Putin continue with this war?
