Daily: Despatch from Kyiv with John Sweeney

What’s the situation like on the ground in Ukraine? Nearly a week after Russia invaded, veteran war correspondent John Sweeney dials in from Kyiv to give Arthur Snell the lowdown on Europe’s first ground war since 1945, and why Putin’s gamble might have backfired.

• “From day one I thought Putin had made a mistake, and this invasion is not going well.” 
• “This feels to me like Twilight of the Gods, Putin has made a miscalculation.”
• “Putin is pulling the military levers and they’re not working.”
• “Putin is a rational actor, blundering around in a dark bunker of his own making.”
• “It feels like this war is very 20th century. Putin is a Tsar, entirely out of touch with his people.”
• “I think Putin is finished. His regime has reached the beginning of the end.”

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Presented by Arthur Snell. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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