Summary

  • BBC Question Time is hosting a special programme, which will see a panel of experts and MPs debate the future of Ukraine

  • Watch the programme at the top of the page by clicking watch live - there will not be regular text updates

  • The programme is hearing various issues being debated - including how the UK should help establish enduring peace - and Ukrainian refugees are among the audience members

  • On the panel are Sir Nick Carter, former head of the British Army, Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko and Donald Trump's campaign adviser, Jan Halper-Hayes

  • They're joined by UK cabinet minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace

Live Reporting

  1. Watch live as BBC Question Time hosts special debate on Ukraine war

    The BBC's Question Time returns this week with a special focus on the war in Ukraine.

    A panel of MPs and experts will debate several topics surrounding the conflict, including what the UK's role might be in ending it. Ukrainian refugees will be watching from the live audience.

    US and Russian officials held their first high-level, face-to-face talks since Russia's full-scale invasion.

    Ukraine was not invited - and a war of words has since erupted between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky.

    European leaders were also without a seat at the table, and have held their own summits in Paris.

    Earlier in the week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that he was not against the idea of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine if and when the war ends.

    His European counterparts weren't so unsure - indeed, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the discussion was "completely premature".

    It's a topic that we'll likely hear about when Fiona Bruce leads today's episode, which you can follow by hitting watch live at the top of the page.