Mariupol prisoners of war on trial
A fiancée of an Azov fighter on the torturous conditions prisoners face in Russian jails
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Show Notes
As a show trial begins of Azov Brigade fighters captured in last year’s siege of Mariupol, we hear from the fiancée of one about the torturous conditions they are being held in.
Also, just how many Russian fighters have lost their lives in the war so far? BBC Russian’s Olga Ivshina has been crunching the numbers.
And the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent James Landale joins us on a day when an African leaders’ peace mission visits Kyiv - and have to promptly take shelter from a missile attack.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
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