All right, Alexandra, let's talk about what is going on in Ukraine.

And let's talk about the recent statements from Russian President Vladimir Putin and Dimitri Medvedev.

And we also have some statements from the defense minister Belusuf as well at the council for the Ministers of Defense, which is also taking place

interesting numbers on his take on losses, casualties and losses in Ukraine, as well as

some other plans that the Ministry of Defense is up to, especially with Horatjnik's mass production of Erichnix, 475,000 Russians entered the military in

2024. Anyway, let's begin with all the statements from these high-level Russian officials.

Let's start with Putin and Bedvedev.

Now, they were speaking to a meeting of the Congress of Russia's United Russia Party,

which is, you can call it the ruling party of Russia.

It's not actually, he doesn't actually rule Russia, Putin and his officials rule Russia.

But this is the party which supports the government.

It's, if you like, the governing party.

It plays a significant role in keeping the whole political system united.

And it's also the place where you would expect the Russian leadership, the president, Putin,

and of course Medvedev to express their views and to steer to give us an idea of,

you know, the policy that the government would follow. Now, I thought it was most interesting.

I thought they both made very interesting statements. Putin talked rather more generally

in some respects than Medvedev, but they both spoke about

a Russia, which in effect is at war. If you read Putin's comments overall, he placed enormous

emphasis on the war and on the role that the war, on the effect the war

has had on Russian society, the kind of consolidating effect that the war has had on

Russian society, that Russian society has combined behind the war, the role it's playing,

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