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Weekend: Ukraine: Russia encircles cities

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Ukraine: Russia encircles cities

13/03/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Ukraine: Russia encircles cities

Russia continues its advance towards Ukraine cities.

Russian forces continue their advance towards several Ukrainian cities, with more intense fighting reported in the northern outskirts of the capital, Kyiv.  

Also in the programme: How a ban on Russian oil imports is igniting a thaw in relations between the United States and Venezuela. 

Julian Worricker is joined by two guests to discuss their journalism careers and the news and issues of the day. Arzu Geybulla is an Azerbaijani journalist, with a special focus on human rights and press freedom. She is based in Istanbul, Turkey and David Rennie is a British journalist and Beijing Bureau Chief for the Economist newspaper. 

(Photo: A member of the Territorial Defence Forces guards a checkpoint, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, at the Independence Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

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