their russian brothers, as one woman put it, would come across the border and attack. 0thers put it, would come across the border and attack. others were looking at the troop concentration around the borders, more than 100,000 russian troops, and believing that the invasion would come, and i certainly thought it would come, but i thought that vladimir putin would focus on the east. instead he came in from three sides with an offensive that he couldn t really sustain, but as james has said, it s very clear president putin believes that the advantage of time is on his side, he can continue pouring in more troops into this fight, he s not short of men, and i think he believes that he can wear out ukraine s resistance, or if not he can wear out the western support. and i think ukrainians understand that if they do not manage to deliver significant gains on the battlefield in the next three months, then the western attitude may start to change. this will be a decisive period in this war, it
and supporting russia. there are huge advantages for china in terms of more or less turning what used to be the more dominant power in the old relationship between russia and china, with the soviet union obviously much more powerful, and having russia almost as a battle state of china, there have been steps that way in 2014 when china started to get some russian energy supplies at a very favourable rates, you can see more of that, it is good for china in that regard, so a very complicated position for china, they will tread the tightrope but obviously ravage the situation for everything they can get in this increasingly complex world order we find ourselves in. find ourselves in. justin crump, chief executive find ourselves in. justin crump, chief executive of find ourselves in. justin crump, chief executive of sibylline, i find ourselves in. justin crump, l chief executive of sibylline, thank you very much for your time. you are watching bbc news. a fourth man has been arrested a
with its allies is doing everything possible to help at this most difficult time. and king charles concludes his statement by saying, there i can only hope the outpouring of solidarity from across the globe may bring not only practical aid but also strength from the knowledge that together we stand united. and that together we stand united. and thatis that together we stand united. and that is a statement released from king charles on this first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. and when russia launched that full scale invasion year ago, most people expected a very uneven battle and a quick russian victory. it hasn t turned out that way. paul adams was in kyiv when the war began and he looks at the cost of the conflict so far. it s not easy to get your head around the sheer scale of what has happened in ukraine over the past 12 months. this is the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war.
well over the past year, ukraine s second city kharkiv, has been at the centre of intense fighting. to talk about the situation there and elsewhere in the country my colleague 0lga malchevska is here. she s been covering and living the war for bbc news ukraine. thank you for talking to us today about something that is very close to your heart. you were reporting from the front line in kharkiv, what is the situation then have? it is is the situation then have? it is still difficult is the situation then have? it is still difficult in is the situation then have? it is still difficult in the is the situation then have? it 3 still difficult in the kharkiv region. it is located close to the russian border and it is very easy to stay a target there. so even just
of perseverance, a year of unity, a year of invincibility. a fierce year of invincibility. its main conclusion is that we have survived, we have not been defeated, and we will do everything to win this year. when russia launched its full scale invasion a year ago, most people expected a very uneven battle and a quick russian victory. it hasn t turned out that way. paul adams was in kyiv when the war started he looks at the cost of the conflict so far. it s not easy to get your head around the sheer scale of what s happened in ukraine over the past 12 months. this is the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war. the un reckons at least 8,000 ukrainian civilians have been killed. over 13,000 injured, and those are just the figures we know about.