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Analysis

On the ground

Ukrainecast

Victoria, Vitaly and James discuss Trump 2.0, Zelensky, Putin and prospects for peace
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    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) meeting with US President Donald Trump (L) as they attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, 26 April 2025

  2. Earth and minerals are loaded onto a truck at an open-pit mine in Donetsk region in February.

  3. Two men in the cab of a van. On the left, the driver has short dark hair and wears a blue T-shirt and camouflaged flak vest; on the right, the passenger wears glasses, a dark helmet, a red T-shirt and a black flak vest adorned with a logo combining the Union flag and Ukrainian flag.

  4. Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a navy blue suit and tie delivers a speech during a meeting of the Presidium of the Council of Legislators of Russia at the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, 28 April

  5. Ukrainian fire fighter with a hose at a large fire caused by an attack in Ukraine

  6. US President Donald Trump (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hold talks at the Vatican. Photo: 26 April 2025

  7. North Korean soldiers holding rifles marching at a parade

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  9. The Bristol Beacon main hall is seen packed with music fans as the Manic Street Preachers play on stage

  10. Vladimir Putin on a video call with his army chief in his office, the former sat behind the desk and the latter on a screen.

  11. Zelensky and Trump

  12. The burnt-out remains of the car in the blast which killed a Russian general in Moscow on 25 April 2025

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    UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky walk with woodland behind them

  14. Antonina Grebeniuk stands in front of two banners at the Erased from the Face of the Earth exhibition at the M Shed in Bristol.

  15. US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight to Rome. Photo: 25 April 2025

  16. Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin shaking hands

  17. BBC Verify reporter Merlyn Thomas standing in front of a map of Ukraine and Russa, with areas under Russian control highlighted in red

  18. Vitali Klitscko sits in an interview with Anna Foster, wearing a olive green jacket with military patches, with a Ukraine flag visible behind him

  19. Cameron Thomas MP - a bald man wearing a green tweed suit and a white shirt - smiles as he stands in front of a purple background with white writing on it that reads "BBC Radio Gloucestershire".

  20. A screen grab captured from a video shows masked men wearing military fatigues using controllers to operate drones displayed on laptop screens in an improvised wooden shelter.

  21. Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference, holding one hand up against a backdrop of Ukrainian flags

  22. While making a thumbs-up sign and smiling for the cameras, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa shakes hands with a stern-looking Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Pretoria, South Africa, on 24 April 2025

  23. Rescuers in Kyiv have been combing through the wreckage of a residential building destroyed in an overnight Russian attack