I'm Adelaide Pusman-Ponthei, and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, we try to make sense of the

stream of updates from Saudi Arabia, where US and Ukrainian officials held eight-hour-long talks

yesterday, reaching a proposal for a ceasefire that, at the time we record this podcast, has yet

to be accepted by Russia. We also crossed the channel to Paris,

where European Defence Secretaries and army leaders

have gathered to discuss the coalition of the willing in support of Ukraine.

Then, we zoom in on Ukrainian refugees across the world

and whether they might one day want to return to their home country.

Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II.

Absolutely fascinating.

We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years.

We can't as a European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine.

Nobody's going to break us.

We're strong.

We're Ukraine is.

It's Wednesday, the 12th of March, three years and 17 days since the full-scale invasion began.

Today, I'm joined by Executive Editor for Audio, Francis Dernley,

dialing in from Paris, Associate Editor for Defence Dom Nichols,

and in the studio with us, Olga to Karjuk, an associate at the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House.

Since Dom is traveling to Paris for the Defence Conference, Francis, you're doing all of the updates today, and there are a lot of

those unfolding every minute. Catch us up, please. Thanks, Adley. It's been a very significant

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