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Day 26. The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the horrendous situation unfolding on the ground in the besieged city of Mariupol. Plus Lt. General Ben Hodges, who served as a commanding general of the United States Army Europe, on why high defence spending by Russia doesn’t appear to be paying off.

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