about the risks of escalation. the war in ukraine is intensifying. after almost eight months of hard fighting and as winter fast approaches, the map of ukraine has changed several times. at the moment, though, russia still has a vast swathes of territory highlighted here in red along the southern and eastern regions of the country. but as we know, ukrainian forces have been carrying out highly successful counter offences, making gains beyond anyone�*s predictions. now, there's no sign of either of these two leaders, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, and russia's president vladimir putin backing down. if anything, there's a risk this war could escalate both within and beyond ukraine's borders. this was the head of nato this week. russia is mobilizing tens of thousands of new troops.