Moscow has always denied it has any plans to invade ukrane. By wed Wednesday, those claims were in doubt. We have not yet verified the russian military units ar returning to their hon bases. However, other drills are still under way. They have enough troops and capabilities to launch a full fledged invasion of ukraine with very little or no warning time. It's also muddled, conflicting, worrisome. So we're speaking with edward, the economist, deputy editor, and cheshan joshe, our defence editor.
We unpick the week’s torrent of headlines; an invasion may yet come but either way President Vladimir Putin has already harmed Russia. The country’s digital self-isolation project is quietly forging ahead; we examine its home-grown “tech stack” with everything from chips up to apps. And we hear from a Ukrainian woman whose life has been upended by the conflict’s uncertainties.
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