it's the end, it's the end. it's like the death of your very close relative now. it was a big love of my life, russia, and now it is dead as well. on this special day, no celebration. instead, concern over what most of the world calls "a war", and what the kremlin calls "an operation". steve joins me now. things have clearly changed in russia since this war started, but to what extent?— to what extent? let's start with vladimir putin. _ to what extent? let's start with vladimir putin. has he - to what extent? let's start with l vladimir putin. has he changed? well, he seems to have stopped calling on ukrainian servicemen to rise up and to seize power and that is probably because he has realised that the level of resistance from the ukrainian army is far greater than he had anticipated. but putin remains pretty uncompromising. i thought it was interesting in that women stay address he made that behind putin, there was a statue of the russian empress catherine the