Why Putin has his sights on Ukraine
There are growing fears of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Growing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine have prompted the US and UK to pull the families of staff at their embassies in Kyiv out of the country. Moscow鈥檚 forces have been amassing on Ukraine鈥檚 border for months prompting fears of a major escalation in a war that鈥檚 been underway since Russia鈥檚 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Vladimir Putin says the Russian and Ukrainian populations are 'one people' and has blamed Nato鈥檚 expansion east for rising tensions. Joe Biden has warned Russia that an invasion of Ukraine would result in severe consequences for the Kremlin. So how likely is full-scale war? What is President Putin's strategy? And what is the likely end-game?
Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of experts.
Producers: Junaid Ahmed and Paul Schuster.
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翱濒别蝉测补听碍丑谤辞尘别测肠丑耻办听-聽Ukrainian writer and historian; Director, Ukrainian Institute London聽
惭补虫颈尘听厂补尘辞谤耻办辞惫听-聽Fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center; Deputy editor, Carnegie.ru聽
翱濒驳补听罢辞办补谤颈耻办听-听Independent journalist and researcher in Kyiv, Ukraine;聽Non-resident Fellow,聽Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)聽聽
Angela Stent -聽Director,聽Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies,聽Georgetown University;聽author of Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest聽
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Lieutenant General Ben Hodges (Rtd) -聽Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis, Frankfurt
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