Russia

Russia has demanded that Lithuania lift its ban on the transit of sanctioned goods by road and rail to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad – threatening “serious and sensitive consequences” for the Lithuanian people if it doesn’t. 

Matt is joined by Lesia Vasylenko, who is a member of Ukraine’s parliament.

“Ukraine belongs to the European family.” That was the message from European leaders in Kyiv today. 

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, hundreds of children have been killed, hundreds more have been injured, and millions have fled.

We were joined by Bob Seely, Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight and a former soldier who served in Afghanistan.

He was just an 18-year-old student when Russia invaded Ukraine, and within weeks had crossed the border to volunteer.

We spoke to Ivanna Klympush, who served as Ukraine’s vice prime minister for European integration until 2019.

EU leaders in Brussels have failed to come to an agreement on an import ban of Russian oil. 

The focus of a major military offensive by the Russian military is the city of Severodonetsk in the eastern Donbas region.

A Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed Ukrainian, in the first war crimes trial of the conflict. 

If the Kremlin wanted to stop Nato expansion – that’s also not exactly going according to plan.

We spoke to Ihor Zhovkva, who is the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Ukraine, and Head of Foreign Policy.

As President Putin commemorated the end of a war 77 years ago, the war he started in Ukraine less than three months back rages on with no end in sight. 

We speak to former Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Kasyanov. 

We speak to Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadim Prystaiko, and Tory MP Tobias Elwood – who is Chairman of the Commons Defence Committee.