All right, Alexander, let's do an update as to what is going on in Ukraine.

And we can start with the situation on the front lines.

And then maybe we can shift to to talk about, shift over and talk about what is happening in Kiev.

A lot of palace intrigue going on in Kiev around Budanov, Fensalusini,

and even Klitschko is getting in on some of the war of words that is shaping up in Kiev.

A power struggle seems to be forming in Kiev. So we'll start with the front lines and then we'll talk about

everything else that is going on. Yes, we should we need to start with the front lines because

it's important to say that whatever is going on in Kiev is directly connected to the events

on the front lines. If the situation on the front lines was stable,

if it really was a stalemate in the way that, you know, some people in the media want to

pretend, then the situation in Kiev would be stable. But it is not stable on the front lines.

And in Kiev, it is becoming increasingly tense and chaotic.

Now, what has happened is that the Russians are pushing hard everywhere along the front lines. programs. But over the last two, three days, things are starting to happen at an ever-accelerating

rate on the front lines. And we're starting to see serious cracks and breakdowns in the Ukrainian

defences. And the most important one has happened in Avdavka. Now, Avdavka, just to remind

everyone, it's a small town, about 30,000 people before the war, close to Donet City. It was part of a

heavy, very heavily fortified line that Ukraine created between 20, the fighting in 2014 and the start of the special military operation.

It was a fortress city. People like Patrick Lancaster have been there.

They've described how incredibly dense the fortifications in Avdavka were.

And it was, until very recently, the linchpin of the entire Ukrainian military position close

to Donnet City.

It was the place from which the Ukrainian army would have attacked on that city had such an attack ever materialised.

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