I'm David Knowles, and this is Ukraine. The latest. Today, we look at the geopolitical implications

after Russian kamikaze drones and missiles strike Kiev. We discuss the latest reports

that thousands of Russian troops are moving to Belarus. And our senior foreign correspondent,

Berlin-Dollefant, talks about his recent visit to the frontline city of Bakmut, in

Donetsk.

This hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in failure.

Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Telekhovslander

Newsroom, and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis

on the war in Ukraine. It's Monday, the 17th of October, day 236. And today, I'm joined

by our assistant comment editor, Francis Dernley, our foreign correspondent, James Killner,

our Brussels correspondent, Joe Barnes, and our senior foreign correspondent, Berlin-Dollefant,

who's traveling back from a reporting stint in Ukraine. I started by asking Joe for the

latest news from Ukraine.

And then they crashed into the targets and let off a detonation of about 50 kilos worth

of explosive. We heard reports of air aid sirens above Kiev, the actual Ukrainian capital,

not just the Kiev region this morning. There have been reports from the scene of between

five and ten blasts as these drones apparently evaded the city's air defenses and then smashed

into what we believe are several targets across the city. It's believed the main target

was near the central station in the Ukrainian capital. It seemingly was a piece of energy

infrastructure, so either some heating or power kind of facility linked to the Ukrainian

capital that was being targeted. And say, the basics, we know we've seen videos and pictures

of Ukrainian servicemen and police officers attempting to shoot these drones as they fly

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