I'm Frances Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today as the military situation continues to develop at pace.

We discuss Vladimir Putin's annual address to Russia and the world,

threatening NATO with war if it sends troops to Ukraine. Plus we bring on an expert

to discuss the vital question of how Europe can arm itself if the United States withdraws.

Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job.

Slava Ukrainian.

Nobody is going to break us.

We are strong.

We are Ukrainians.

Every weekday we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraphs

London newsroom

and our team's reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and

analysis on the war in Ukraine.

It's Thursday, the 29th of February, two years and five days since the full-scale invasion began.

And today I'm joined by our associate editor of Defence Dominic Nichols and our guest, Michael Bonnet, a researcher in Defence Technology and

acquisition at Rand, the non-partisan Public Policy Research Organization

based in the United States. We also have an update from David in Ukraine. We'll be turning to

Putin's big speech in a moment, but first, as ever, I start by asking Dom

for the latest military updates from Ukraine. Well, thanks Francis, so let's start over in the east.

Ukrainian forces have pushed back Russian troops from the village of Olivka, that's about 5Ks west of Avdivka, but the situation on the eastern front remains difficult.

This comes from General Alexander Serzky, Ukraine's new head of the armed forces, he was speaking

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