At the start of the war, losses happened in waves during battles for key locations, but 2024 saw a month-on-month increase in the death toll as the front line slowly edged forward, enabling us to estimate that Russia lost at least 27 lives for every square kilometre of Ukrainian territory captured.
"What's really striking and meaningful is how the song captures what it means to be poor," she said."Common People sends up class tourism. I love the anger and glee that Jarvis deals with through his acerbic witticisms.
"His confessional breathy lyrics, he's so close to the mic - you can hear the lip smacks - it draws you in to the story right from the start."Perhaps the moment that cemented Common People's place in history was the band's last-minute headline appearance at Glastonbury.After Stone Roses guitarist John Squire broke his collar bone falling off a bike, the Sheffield band were drafted in to plug the hole.
What followed was arguably one of Glastonbury's most famous headline shows.The moment was not lost on Cocker.
Addressing the enormous crowd, he said: "If you want something to happen enough then it will actually happen. I believe that. That's why we are stood on this stage today.
"If a lanky git like me can do it, then so can you."Here is a recap of recent significant events and the situation in Ukraine.
In eastern Ukraine, Moscow's war machine has been churning mile by mile through the wide open fields of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, enveloping and overwhelming villages and towns.It is trying to capture the rest of the region, known as the Donbas, according to US-based analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), but the front line has barely moved for two years.
Russia's biggest advantage is manpower and it has shown a willingness toto gain a few metres at a time - with at least 45,000 Russian troops killed in the past year alone.