We are hearing reports of more targeted, more more organized ling on on the border. I think we're seeing a stark change in russia's one in its language. In the last few days we've seen heightened warnings from vladimir putten and other officials that there is genecide occurring in eastern ukraine by the ukranian government. That's an extraordinary allegation. But russian state media is talking about it. And interestingly, the doomoth state parliament in russia has petitioned putin to recognize the independence of two separate states in deneen and hansk.
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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