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Russia’s ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills & Ukraine’s theory of victory
Russia’s ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills & Ukraine’s theory of victory
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59 minutes
Released:
May 22, 2024
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Day 812.Today, we discuss the latest reports from the battlefront as Russia seemingly focuses its attention on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. Then we consider the complex threads of geopolitics after a spate of shock deaths and assassination attempts. And we hear about the military and humanitarian situation in Kharkiv.Contributors:Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Chemical Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on X.Dalibor Rohac (Senior Fellow AEI) @DaliborRohac on X.'The villages near Kharkiv were recovering. Fleeing again, their people feel betrayed by the west – and I understand why' (Ada Wordsworth in The Guardian)https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/kharkiv-betrayed-west-ukraine-russia-war'A Theory of Victory for Ukraine' (Andriy Zagorodnyuk and Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs):https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/theory-victory-ukrainePutin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/'The EU is failing Georgia, just as it failed Ukraine' (Dalibor Rohac in The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/21/the-eu-is-failing-georgia-just-as-it-failed-ukraine/'Exclusive: Pentagon's Russian Oil Red Line Questioned' (Newsweek)https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-oil-hubs-red-line-1902516Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
May 22, 2024
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