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Today our Russia editor speaks to people in and around Moscow who are growing disillusioned with the war in Ukraine, despite the Kremlin's rhetoric.

In Washington, a stalled military aid package for Ukraine has exposed the sharp political

divisions in Congress. We hear how its failure to pass could incur a far

higher cost.

We're in Tbilisi, Georgia, where many Russians have fled to avoid the threat of conscription, but welcome signs are hard to find.

And we go to a food market in the Ukrainian port of Odessa, once brimming with sausages, smoke cheese and berries, and hear how the war has

taken its toll on the lives of market traders there.

First, the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine this weekend

marks another grim milestone. President Volodemir Zelensky recently

addressed world leaders at a summit in Munich to issue a warning

that Ukraine would be destroyed by Russia if it's left to fight alone. This came

against the backdrop of news that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from the eastern city of Avdifka,

the site of a months-long battle that has become a symbol of the country's resistance to Russia.

Sarah Rainsford was in Ukraine when Vladimir Putin first launched his full-scale invasion

two years ago, reporting on the defiance and rushed to defend the country.

On a recent trip back, she found a much more somber mood.

When Russian soldiers fired a missile at Harkef last month,

perhaps they told themselves they were fighting Ukrainian Nazis,

as Vladimir Putin had claimed.

Maybe they accepted another of his false justifications for invading Ukraine that NATO was an imminent threat on Russia's border.

In fact, their missile killed seven people in their beds, including a child.

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