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North Korean troops are fighting Ukrainians in Russia, while Ukraine has finally been permitted to use US missiles deep into Russian territory.

It鈥檚 over 1000 days since Vladimir Putin鈥檚 full scale invasion of his neighbour and the circle of those involved in the conflict seems to widen. But though the situation changes the central question doesn鈥檛. That question being which side can best stay the bloody course of this war? Ukraine and the West or Russia and its allies? Where do things stand now?

Michael Clarke, Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, King鈥檚 College, London and former Director of the Royal United Services Institute
Elina Ribakova, Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute of International Economics in Washington DC
Defence Editor of the Economist, Shashank Joshi

Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Charlotte McDonald, Kirsteen Knight and Beth Ashmead Latham
Sound engineers: Rod Farquhar, Neva Missirian
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman