Kessan was the only provincial capital Russia has captured and now they've lost it again. It's going to be very difficult for Ukraine to pursue the Russians east of the river. And I think we're beginning to see some doubt that this really could be dramatically changed on the battlefield much more. The Putin regime is not about to fall, but I do think it is in a tighter and tighter bind.
Russia says it will withdraw from the only captured Ukrainian provincial capital. We ask how the drawdown might go and what it means for the wider war. Britain is set for the largest wave of industrial action in decades; the strikes could throw the country into chaos. And the long life of Shyam Saran Negi, India’s first-ever voter.
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