The Briefing

Defence expert Lada Roslycky on attempts to implement a peace settlement in Ukraine. Plus: Shanghai’s lockdown, the future of Les Républicains in France and Fernando Augusto Pacheco on a dramatic night at the Oscars.

Former BBC Moscow correspondent James Rodgers has the latest as Ukraine’s army regains ground and Douglas Rediker from Brookings examines the impact of the war on Russia’s economy. Plus, Anthony Blinken prepares to visit Israel and Andrew Mueller reflects on the week’s strangest stories.

We have the latest from Kyiv as Volodymyr Zelensky calls on the world to protest against the Russian invasion. We also look back on the life of Madeleine Albright who has died at the age of 84, explore a new route for the Orient Express and hear a special pop countdown from Fernando Augusto Pacheco.

Former UN ambassador Mark Lyall Grant has the latest on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Plus: China Dialogue’s Isabel Hilton on Beijing’s coronavirus strategy, Monocle’s Mary Fitzgerald on France’s left-wing firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon and David Phelan on technology trends.

Will Russia use chemical and biological weapons to break the military stalemate in Ukraine? We also have an update on Nato’s cold-weather drills in Norway, discuss a key meeting on Argentina’s debt and find out how Japan’s tourism industry is hoping to bounce back following years of coronavirus-related restrictions.

We have the latest on intense bombardments in Ukraine, with Olga Tokariuk, Hannah Lucinda Smith and Benno Zogg. Plus: Julie Norman on the US Supreme Court and Agnès Poirier on the French and Emmanuel Macron.

We hear from defence consultant Lada Roslycky as an attack in Lviv raises fears that Vladimir Putin’s war is spreading to western Ukraine. Plus: we discuss the business headlines and Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori’s forthcoming release from prison.

Is time running out for Russia to agree to a peace deal with Ukraine? Plus: Western leaders ask Saudi Arabia to step up oil production, a preview of our interview with Hungarian chess grandmaster Judit Polgar and Fernando Augusto Pacheco explores Croatia’s pop charts.

Are Ukraine and Russia moving closer to a peace agreement? Plus: Moscow’s relationship with New Delhi, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is freed from Iran and why Russia and the US are still working together in space.

Russia’s assault on Kyiv: the latest on the ground with former Ukrainian minister Sergiy Petukhov, Paul Rogers on foreign fighters, Anna Rosenberg on Germany’s relationship with Russian gas and Guy De Launey on flights between Belgrade and Moscow.

China’s Russia problem: what next? Plus: a former Slovakian foreign minister on the war in Ukraine and Fernando Augusto Pacheco reviews the day’s papers.

Journalist and author Hannah Lucinda Smith has the latest on peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Plus: security expert Paul Rogers on the Russian military offensive, nuclear expert Malcolm Grimston on concerns over Chernobyl and Bloomberg’s Yuan Potts on the markets.

Russian military objectives in Ukraine with Mark Galeotti, Anaïs Marin on the refugee situation in Poland and former ambassador John Everard on the relationship between Moscow and Minsk. Plus: Fernando Augusto Pacheco reviews the news from further afield.

Ukrainian politician Sergiy Petukhov, former head of RUSI Michael Clarke, Bloomberg’s Yuan Potts and Monocle’s Nic Monisse have the latest on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

James Rodgers on Putin’s endgame in Ukraine, Petri Burtsoff on Finland’s relationship with Russia and Vicky Pryce on the markets. Plus: Andrew Mueller on the French presidential election.