live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that, if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. mr biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukrainian capital kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. facing them are ukrainian soldiers who hear western leaders sounding the alarm in ever starker tones. and stuck in be
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it s two years since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, triggering the bloodiest conflict in europe since the second world war. but after 730 days of fighting, who has the upper hand? what is life like in ukraine and russia today, and when will the killing end? the global news podcast and ukrainecast have come together to answer your questions. ukrainecast from bbc news. hello, i m oliver conway from the global news podcast. i m vitaly shevchenko, the co presenter from ukrainecast in the ukrainecast studio. i m olga robinson from bbc verify, also in the ukrainecast studio. i m lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international- correspondent and i m back. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. and i m steven rosenberg, the bbc s russia editor and i m in moscow. thank you all forjoining us. we have had lots of questions from listeners to the global podcast, and ukrainecast. thank you all. we will try to answer as many as we can. hello, i m derek from london in the uk. is there
thank you all. we will try to answer as many as we can. hello, i m derek from london in the uk. is there really a stalemate in ukraine at the moment? this is angela from - auckland in new zealand. could you talk please - about the changes, zelensky s strategy with the departure of zaluzhnyi, the general. in charge of the army? well, lyse, first of all, is there a stalemate on the battlefield or has the tide turned in favour of russia? i will answer the question about the stalemate, and i will partially be answering the second question. it was general zaluzhnyi the last commander in chief who used the words stalemate in an interview and it is said to have angered president zelensky. he felt it was too negative a description of the situation along the front line. president zelensky himself recently went to visit his troops in the east. he described the situation as extremely difficult. he is saying the russian forces are pressing ahead in at least five directions. and he believ