in the town centre, a russian flag is raised, and another on a rooftop in one of the town s industrial areas. the kremlin is already crowing, releasing footage of russian fighterjets in action. air power has played a big role in this victory. on the ground, ukrainian forces have also been struggling with acute shortages of men and, in particular, of ammunition. so these are the last two shells that you have? yes, this artillery officer told us a week ago, blaming western nations for halting supplies. the result ukrainian infantry fighting to hold on to avdiivka have been heavily outgunned by as much as 10:1, and so eventually ukraine ordered a withdrawal, at times well organised, but not always. here, a ukrainian armoured vehicle is hit by a drone. overall, though, it s russia that has suffered by far the heaviest losses here. translation: russia has| suffered 47,000 casualties in avdiivka since last october. those are huge losses. in such circumstances, we consider this a
hargreaves lansdown. wonderful panel to discuss this news. a shock for many people in the uk and around the world. let s get on with the question is because lows have come into us and if you have got any while you are watching, e mail us. let s start with a question from chris who asks, what is a technical recession and what does being in a recession mean? this is an important question because definitions are everything. chris, let s start with you to try and answer chris s questions. what a recession means answer chris s questions. what a recession means is answer chris s questions. what a recession means is if answer chris s questions. what a recession means is if you - answer chris s questions. what a recession means is if you take i answer chris s questions. what a l recession means is if you take the total amount produced by firms and individuals in the uk, or the same thing, the total amount spent on goods and services produced in the uk, then over a six month per
of avdiivka. avdiivka had become a ukrainian stronghold, really. this was a place which sits on the front line for the past decade. it separates ukrainian controlled territory and the eastern city of donetsk, which russian forces have controlled since 2014. in that time, the ukrainians built real substantial fortifications, and yet in recent months the russians have launched wave after wave of attack, suffering significant losses. at one point, hundreds of soldiers were being killed weekly, if not daily. but crucially the ukrainians suffered losses as well. and because we are in a war of attrition, where both sides are trying to exhaust each other, size is starting to count for more, and i think this is what we have seen with avdiivka. a city, once an industrial hub, now drained of life and almost completely destroyed. some ukrainian forces were captured as they tried to escape, most made it out, we are told. president zelensky, speaking to world leaders in munich made the ar