Is Russia now winning the war in Ukraine? Experts have their say

Sky News has heard from three defence experts on where things stand as Russian President Vladimir Putin closes in on his goal of taking Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

Territory in the southern belt has also been consolidated - but while militarily there has been progress, Moscow is aware that"strategically" it will lose that war, says Sir Richard."It's a pariah state. Its economy will shrink by maybe 15% this year. And if Ukraine is enabled to re-equip and re-arm, then Ukraine will reverse the military tide in due course, and start to throw the Russians out.

"And they'll know that their capacity to take all of the Donbas is going to be limited just because of the quality of the Ukrainian resistance."Defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke also said the Russian capture of Severodonetsk is"symbolically significant".War at a 'critical point'

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