Biden: Russia ‘extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist’

President Putin has ordered a partial military mobilisation, accusing the West of trying to destroy Russia. Three-hundred-thousand additional personnel will now be available to fight in Ukraine.

Also on the programme: A Russian man who refuses to fight in Ukraine; and the Turkish Nobel Laureate, Orhan Pamuk, on his writing and the shrinking spaces for free speech in his country.

Picture: President Putin addressing engineers in Novgorod. Credit: Sputnik/ EPA / Shutterstock