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Hello and welcome to the Bunker, your dose of news without the nonsense.

I'm Chris Jones.

Last week, the US quietly paused a shipment of critical weapons to Ukraine without warning Kiev or seemingly Donald Trump himself.

The supply of those weapons was restored,

but this hesitance from certain parts within this US administration to keep supplying Zelensky

with support is certainly capturing attention. Whether the US supplies aid or not,

the war continues. And as we've said many times on this podcast, it shows no sign of

ending soon. So what's really happening on the battlefield right now? And as time goes on,

is it becoming increasingly difficult for Ukraine to defend itself? Well, today I'm joined by

Keir Giles, senior consulting fellow at Chatham House, an author of Russia's War on

everybody to break down the state of play in Ukraine and where this conflict could be heading

next. Kier, welcome to the bunker. Thank you. Good morning. Let's go quite broad with this to begin

with. Let's, I guess, set the scene of where we are right now in this full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What are the key

battleground areas? Obviously, for the past few years, we've heard the likes of Zaporizia, Ligansk as well.

Where are the front lines now as we speak? Well, one of the reasons why people are finding it harder

to track now is because Russia is

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