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’s forces have been amassing on Ukraine’s border for months prompting fears of a major escalation in a war that’s been underway since Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Vladimir Putin says the Russian and Ukrainian populations are 'one people' and has blamed Nato’s 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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°¿±ô±ð²õ²â²¹Ìý°³ó°ù´Ç³¾±ð²â³¦³ó³Ü°ìÌý- Ukrainian writer and historian; Director, Ukrainian Institute LondonÂ
²Ñ²¹³æ¾±³¾Ìý³§²¹³¾´Ç°ù³Ü°ì´Ç±¹Ìý- Fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center; Deputy editor, Carnegie.ruÂ
°¿±ô²µ²¹Ìý°Õ´Ç°ì²¹°ù¾±³Ü°ìÌý-ÌýIndependent journalist and researcher in Kyiv, Ukraine; Non-resident Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Â
Angela Stent - Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University; author of Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the RestÂ
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Lieutenant General Ben Hodges (Rtd) -Â Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis, Frankfurt
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