The new in charge, has been dubbed the butcher of syria. he levelled cities there. the expectation is that he could do the same here. jonathan beale in eastern ukraine. meanwhile, in moscow, vladimir putin has held talks with the austrian chancellor, karl nehammer the first western leader to meet him face to face, since the invasion of ukraine. chancellor nehammer said he s come away with no optimism and that it was clear the offensive in eastern ukraine was being prepared. our correspondent jenny hill is in moscow. jenny, what do you make of it? clive, neither sanctions nor threats nor the appeals of the international community have stopped vladimir putin and his war, so i think there was very little optimism in reality about today s visit. the austrian chancellor wanted to talk about ceasefires, but even at his convoy arrived here, russian state