Today on Ukraine: The Latest, we discuss the latest military & diplomatic updates from Ukraine, look at life in Russia as repression increases and violence breaks out as former fighters return home & discuss the issue of mines and de-mining across the country. 

Russia Correspondent for the Telegraph, Nataliya Vasilyeva, dwells on the changing Russian tactics when it comes to dissenting voices. 

"In recent months, I've been seeing and covering a lot of stories of the government using its worst censorship law to go after activists. It started with the Kremlin going after popular politicians activists, somebody with a name, somebody who would be recognisable"

And at this point we see that prosecutors and police are basically going after random people"

Carrying on, Natalia comments on the nature and reasons behind these crackdowns,

"A goal of sowing fear and showing to others that you should not be expressing opposition to the war, even in private conversation. The police and prosecutors are obviously sort of fulfilling their quotas for solving crimes because these are crimes that are easy to solve"

War in Ukraine is reshaping our world. Every weekday the Telegraph's top journalists analyse the invasion from all angles - military, humanitarian, political, economic, historical - and tell you what you need to know to stay updated.

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Ukraine: The Latest's regular contributors are:

David Knowles

David is Head of Social Media at the Telegraph where he has worked for almost two years. Previously he worked for the World Economic Forum in Geneva. He speaks French.

Dominic Nicholls

Dom is Associate Editor (Defence) at the Telegraph having joined in 2018. He previously served for 23 years in the British Army, in tank and helicopter units. He had operational deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. 

Francis Dearnley

Francis is Assistant Comment Editor at the Telegraph. Prior to working as a journalist, he was Chief of Staff to the Chair of the Prime Minister's Policy Board at the Houses of Parliament in London. He studied History at Cambridge University and on the podcast explores how the past shines a light on the latest diplomatic, political, and strategic developments.

They are also regularly joined by the Telegraph's foreign correspondents around the world, including Joe Barnes (Brussels), Sophia Yan (China), Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia), Roland Oliphant (Senior Reporter) and Colin Freeman (Reporter). In London, Venetia Rainey (Weekend Foreign Editor), Katie O'Neill (Assistant Foreign Editor), and Verity Bowman (News Reporter) also frequently appear to offer updates.

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