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I'm Claire Hubble, and this is Ukraine the latest.

Today, as details of Ukraine's attack in Makivka continue to unfurl,

we consider what the response on Russian social media may tell us about Moscow's next move.

Plus, we're joined by guest Dr. Rory Finnan, a specialist on Crimea,

to discuss the critical role the peninsula seems destined to play in the months and years ahead.

Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilized energy markets the world over.

Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians.

Every weekday 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 Wednesday, the 4th of January, day 315.

Today, to discuss the most recent events in Ukraine and around the world,

I'm joined by our assistant comment editor Francis Dernley,

our senior foreign correspondent, Roland Olephant,

and guest Dr. Rory Finnan, associate professor of Ukrainian studies at the University of Cambridge.

I started by asking Roland for the most significant updates in the military sphere in the past 24 hours.

Hello everybody. Listen, this strike in Makivka, the New Year's Eve strike against a Russian barracks basically,

that killed large numbers of men. We're being cautious about the numbers,

but it's still dominating war reporting, interestingly in Russia itself.

So the latest update from the Russian Ministry of Defense says that 89 servicemen have been confirmed killed yesterday.

They were saying 63. That was from Lieutenant General Sergei Savrokov,

who's the deputy head of their military political department.

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