I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest.

Today, we discuss the news from the frontlines as the battle for the back mood continues,

analysed news coming out of the G7 in Japan, and respond to listeners' thoughts and

questions on Russia, Ukraine and World War II.

Travering takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

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We need a military strategy for Ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield to win the war.

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Every week day afternoon we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's London

Newsroom and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis

on the war in Ukraine. It's Friday, the 19th of May, one year and 84 days since the full

scale invasion began. And today, I'm joined by our assistant comment editor-francist Ernie,

foreign reporter Genevieve Hall Allen, and our Brussels correspondent, Joe Barnes.

Let's start by asking Joe, for the latest news from Ukraine.

Hi there, folks. So, to start with, we will go to back moot in the next region,

sort of the hotbed of activity has been for, well, kind of eight, nine months now.

Again, rumors in the city that it's on the verge of collapse and falling entirely into

Russian hands as Wagner mercenaries continue their advance through the centre of the city,

in a westerly direction, kind of in recent days, fighting as apparently

can't come down to the final few streets, so that's the size of the issue we're looking at.

But today, you've got any progoation? Wagner's sort of funder, financier leader

has said it is unlikely. Back moot will fall to Russia in the coming days, and

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