Russia's invasion of Ukraine intensified this week, but Moscow's hopes are rapidly taking

over the country waned, as President Vladimir Zelensky said the resistance was strong.

The first hours of days and days of full-scale war were extremely difficult, but we were

united and therefore strong and therefore we withstood, and it will be so and we will

continue to stand.

According to Payne's politics, your insider guide to what's happening in British politics

from the Financial Times, with me Sebastian Payne.

In this week's episode again, we'll be focusing on the events in Ukraine.

While Kiev has yet to fall into Russian hands at the time of recording, we'll be looking

at where the fighting is going next, the Western response and where the Putin has ambitions

beyond Ukraine, with our chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rakhman and political

and diplomatic correspondent Laura Hughes.

And later, we'll be examining the question of London Grat, whether the Johnson government

needs to do more to tackle dirty money in the UK and whether the government is falling

behind on sanctions.

The FT's investigation correspondent Tom Burgess will explore with Tom Tuginhan, the

Conservative MP and Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Thank you all for joining.

The world continued to watch in horror as Russia's bombardment of Ukraine worsened this

week.

Cities across the country have been chowed as the Russian army struggled to make headway

and the images suggest that there is a humanitarian crisis in the making.

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