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As talks between Russia and Ukraine fail again, the human toll of the war is escalating.

Laura, Chris and Adam are joined by Gabriel Gatehouse of Ukrainecast, to discuss the latest developments in both countries, and try to work out what President Putin and his small circle of 鈥渟trongmen鈥� are thinking.

The 大象传媒鈥檚 diplomatic correspondent James Landale is in Turkey, where that meeting between Russia鈥檚 Sergei Lavrov and Ukraine鈥檚 Dmitry Kuleba ended without any meaningful discussion even beginning.

Labour鈥檚 Lisa Nandy reacts to the latest changes to the government鈥檚 refugee policy for Ukrainians and argues that much more bureaucracy needs to be stripped away immediately.

This edition of Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg and John Murphy. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.