Ukraine: How will the war evolve in 2023?
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts evaluate the current situation in Ukraine and explore how the war might evolve in the remaining winter months and into the Spring.
Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:
Michael Clarke, Professor of Defence studies and Specialist Advisor to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London Samantha de Bendern, Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor of The Economist
Producers: Ben Carter, Dan Gordon and Kirsteen Knight Editor: Richard Vadon Studio manager: James Beard Production co-ordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross, Sophie Hill and Siobhan Reed
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.9 | I'm David Aronovich. Welcome to the briefing room, the metaversal mind chamber where you, |
| 0:12.5 | me, the top experts and a big subject collide and then resolve for 28 minutes. |
| 0:18.9 | This week, the war in Ukraine started by Vladimir Putin |
| 0:22.7 | has lasted into the new year, |
| 0:25.3 | killing tens of thousands, |
| 0:26.9 | costing billions, |
| 0:28.2 | and disrupting economies across the world. |
| 0:31.0 | So today, where has the conflict got to |
| 0:34.1 | and what are the prospects for peace in 2023? |
| 0:43.3 | Bar-ba-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-za-ba-za-ha. got to and what are the prospects for peace in 2023? Oh yes, peace. Moscow, midnight on New Year's Eve and a patriotic knees-up on State TV. |
| 0:52.3 | Meanwhile, at the very same time, 650 kilometers away, in the town of Makivka, in an occupied |
| 1:00.0 | part of Ukraine, the world ended for dozens of Russian soldiers. |
| 1:05.0 | In one of the deadliest attacks on Russian forces since their invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin |
| 1:10.0 | says 63 of its servicemen have been killed after a missile attack on a Russian base in the Donetsk region. |
| 1:16.6 | It's widely believed that the number killed, probably by US-supplied precision missiles, |
| 1:21.6 | was much higher than the Russians have admitted. |
| 1:25.6 | Since then, Russian mass drone attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure |
| 1:29.7 | have continued with the aim of wearing down Kiev's resolve. |
| 1:34.3 | So, as 2023 begins, how is the war going? |
| 1:38.8 | And can the protagonists and their supporters sustain it? |
| 1:42.1 | Step inside the briefing room and together we'll find out. |
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