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The Real Story: A tough winter for Ukraine as Russia exploits the cold

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Russia tries to exploit winter in Ukraine

16/12/2022 GMT

A tough winter for Ukraine as Russia exploits the cold

BBC World Service - The Real Story, A tough winter for Ukraine as Russia exploits the cold

Ukrainians face a tough winter as Russia targets its infrastructure

What will the onset of winter mean for Ukraine’s progress on the battlefield?

As the war continues and winter sets in,  Russia is targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure with waves of missile and drone strikes, at times cutting off electricity for millions of civilians.  How are the Ukrainian people coping? Does Ukraine’s military have enough weaponry and manpower to defeat the Russians? Or could the war become a more drawn-out conflict, with neither side capable of making a decisive breakthrough?

 

Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of experts:

 

Natalie Jaresko - Ukraine's minister for finance from 2014 – 2016. Currently chair of the Aspen Institute, Kyiv

 

Kataryna Wolczuk - Associate fellow of Chatham House think tank’s Russia and Eurasia programme and professor of East European Politics at University of Birmingham

 

Retired Major General Gordon ‘Skip’ Davis - NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment Division from 2018-2021. 
 

Also featuring : Alexei Sandakov, a resident of Kherson & Andrei Soldatov, a Russian investigative journalist and security expert

Producers: Rumella Dasgupta and Ellen Otzen

 

(Photo: A Ukrainian armored vehicle is seen on the streets in Bakhmut; Credit : Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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