The Invasion of Ukraine one year on | In Focus podcast
b'It will soon be a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, or to use Moscow\\u2019s terminology, began a \\u201cspecial military operation\\u201d in Ukraine. A thick fog hangs over the progress of the war \\u2013 information trickling in about the war continues to be unreliable.\\nSome larger truths, however, are obvious. There are, so far, no victors in this war that has been joined in a proxy manner by NATO and the United States on behalf of Ukraine. Both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers continue to slug it out as hi-tech weapons play a role in the war.\\nIf the European goal behind oil sanctions and price controls was to grind the Russian economy to a halt, then that hasn\\u2019t happened. China and India continue to be major consumers of Russian energy as the world awaits a resolution of the war in Ukraine. One year on, what happens to Ukraine and Russia? Can peace breakout between the two countries?'