Q&A: Russia advances on Pokrovsk, Ukraine digs in, and sanctions start to bite

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  It's 1,352 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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  For more than a year,

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  Russian forces have been fighting to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk,

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  and in recent days they have made significant advances.

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  Russian officials are even reporting they have the city surrounded.

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  For Russia, seizing the city would clear the road towards a total capture of the Donetsk region.

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  But while Ukraine attempts to hold the line, Western sanctions on Russian oil are starting to bite.

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  Turkey is turning to non-Russian oil, Poland is striking a deal for US liquefied gas,

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  and the Russian company Luke Oil is being forced to sell its stake in Bulgaria's only refinery.

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  But will any of this deter Russia's advances?

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  And can Ukraine hold the line in Pekrovsk?

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  If Pekrovsk does fall, what will that mean for the wider war in the East?

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  That's all to come on Ukrainecast.

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  Ukraine costs from BBC News.

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  This is a sovereign nation under unprovoked attack.

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  We are ready to finish this war as quick as possible.

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  Russia is not preparing for peace.

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  We are an enemy of NATO and we'll do whatever is necessary to ensure our security.

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  I don't love it.

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  I don't know when that happens.

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