Today, I spoke with Dmytro Gurin, who is a currently serving Member of Parliament in Ukraine. Dmytro is originally from Mariupol, the besieged city in South-eastern Ukraine that is capturing global headlines, where he has spent his childhood and where he went to university. In the past, Dmytro has also spent more than a decade living in Moscow and is very familiar with Russian political and media machinations. 

He joins me today, just after midday on Sunday, 13th of March, Eastern European Time, to discuss the evolving Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some of the topics we covered are:

Current situation in Ukraine

Change of Russian tactics to target civilians

General Russian orientation towards Ukraine

The reality faced by Russian troops

Life in the besieged city of Mariupol

Western predicament and possible ways forward

What Ukraine needs from the West

Possible scenarios inside Russia

Difference between Ukrainian and Russian armies

The state of the Ukrainian nation