Russia preparing offensive in Donbas region

Russian forces are preparing to launch renewed attacks to take over the entire Donbas region, as residents of the city of Kramatorsk deal with the aftermath of an attack on a railway station which left 50 people dead, and hundreds injured.

Also in the programme: we hear from Ukrainian member of parliament Yevheniya Kravchuk, who is from President Zelensky’s Servant of the People party, on the attack in Kramatorsk.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other topical issues of the day are Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, who is the executive director of ICAN, a women's rights organisation based in Washington DC, and Gwythian Prins, a military strategy expert who's advised NATO, the United Nations Secretary-General and the UK Ministry of Defence.

(Photo: General view of a site of a missile strike at a rail station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine April 8, 2022. Picture Credit: Reuters Stringer)