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Welcome to the briefing room with me, David Oronovich.

The briefing room is the mind chamber where in 28 minutes,

you and I get to understand a big issue

with the help of the top experts on the subject.

This week, how is the war it started going for Russia?

It's been two weeks since the almost unimaginable in the 21st century, a full-scale invasion

of a European country became a reality. Since then, the invading country has been sanctioned

and ostracised, its free press

muzzled, its protesters arrested, and as yet little progress, let alone victory. That's how it

looks from the outside, but how is it looking from inside Russia, and how might that affect

the next few terrible weeks? Step inside the briefing

room and together we'll find out. We'll begin with the war itself where the invasion

continues to destroy homes and lives. But can Vladimir Putin be confident in succeeding in

his aims?

Michael Clark is a visiting professor at Exeter University and former director of the Royal United Services Institute.

Michael Clark, two weeks in,

what do you understand Putin's war aims now to be?

I suspect his war aims still are what they were to begin with, which is to say that he's going for

broke in Ukraine. We all wondered and we thought, well, maybe he would try and grab a piece of

the Dombas more officially than he had it before, or maybe if he's really, really reckless, he might

try and push a land bridge out between the Dombas and Crimea. But lo and behold, he's gone for

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