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Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the telegraphs 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 30th of December, day 310.

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

I'm joined by our assistant comment editor, Francis Turnley, our Russia correspondent Natalia Vasilyevna,

and our history correspondent Dan Capuro.

I started by asking Francis for the latest news from Ukraine.

Thank you, Claire. It's good to be back and good morning, afternoon or evening to our listeners around the world.

So, to start, yesterday was, of course, one of the most significant aerial bombardments of Kiev and other Kiev Ukrainian cities.

And there's been some interesting reaction from that this morning.

The Ukrainians, of course, have talked about the consequences of that and have called for more defensive weapons.

The Russia's defense ministry has claimed that the strike was a success and disrupted the production and repair of military equipment

and the movement of Ukrainian reserve troops.

But, most interestingly, is that these attacks are continuing this morning.

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