As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, day-to-day life has become wearyingly normal.

Having endured one of the coldest winters on record – mostly without electricity because of Russia’s bombing of power plants – the grinding misery of trying to survive for Ukranians goes on.

The devastation in the cities targeted by Russia is clear to see and cost in lives immense. Civilians are paying a massive price: official figures note that 55,000 Ukranians have been killed on the battlefield and the total death toll could be as high as 200,000 people. It is thought that 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed – though the Kremlin has not released figures.

Inna Sovsun, a Ukrainian MP from the opposition Holos party, explains what life is like for her in the war, how successive peace talks have been weighted in Russia’s favour, and how her job as a legislator still goes on with, for her, the added worry that her partner is fighting on the front line.

Her resilience and determination that Russia cannot win, is she says, shared by her compatriots.

Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by John Casey and Suzanne Brennan.

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