amanda renteria and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist of the herald newspaper. hello welcome to the programme. government forces in ukraine are trying to seize the initiative before the arrival of winter. a counter offensive is already under way in the south of the country, around kherson, the only city that russian forces have captured west of the strategically important dnipro river. but the ukrainians are now preparing to expand that operation in the donbas to the east and also around kharkiv in the north. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist in the donbas to the east and also around kharkiv in the north. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway have had exclusive access to a unit of ukrainian troops, near the front line. in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall, about us these fields and furrows are instead ploughed gun tracks and fighting men. ukraine s national guard leads us thro
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