I'm Dom Nichols and this is Ukraine the latest.

Today we report on how one of Ukraine's new flagship brigades that was trained in France

has seen hundreds of soldiers go absent without leave

and we hear from Ukraine about how all the talk of negotiations has gone down on the streets of Kiev.

bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our unshakable support of

NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine.

Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're strong. Where Ukraine is.

It's Friday, January the 3rd, two years and 308 days since the full-scale invasion began.

And today, I'm joined by executive editor for

audio Francis Dernley and, from Ukraine, Francis Farrell, a reporter with the Kiev Independent.

I'll start with the military and political stuff. No real change on the ground yesterday. A relatively

quiet day at the front, Ukraine's MOD saying only

180 Russian personnel killed or wounded. Yes, I'm being very glib in that statement. I mean,

that is a staggering number with the lines not moving anywhere. I doubt that would even register

with the senior Russian commanders at all.

But yes, nothing much moving at all on the ground.

However, Ukraine says it targeted a Russian command post in Marino in Kerr's Goldblast,

about 50k's northwest of Soudja.

So outside the pocket that Ukraine still holds in Kerr's Godblast,

so north of Konovo, the town there.

Ukraine's general staff reported that yesterday. They said the strike targeted the 810th Russian

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