Ukraine ‘fully in control’ of key Russian town & 'sets up office' in Kursk
Day 905.Today, we reflect on the continuing Ukrainian operation into Russia, as reports come in about seized settlements and Kyiv’s forces even setting up an office in Kursk. Then we look at the implications for the Russian economy as reality bites, and deep dive into Moscow’s response to the growing military crisis.Contributors:Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Szu Chan (Economics Editor). @szupingc on X.Kateryna Stepanenko (Russia Deputy Team Lead & Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War). @KatStepanenko on X.Articles referenced:'Why Putin’s inflation battle is weakening Russia from within' (Szu Chan in The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/08/12/how-putin-hiking-taxes-fight-russia-inflation-crisis/The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage (The Wall Street Journal):https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-real-story-da24839cFree Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 Elo 20241h 2min
Ukraine captures ‘more than 100 prisoners of war’ and shoots down top Russian fighter jet during Kursk offensive
Day 904.Today, Ukraine pounds distant Russian air bases, shoot down one of Moscow’s most expensive fighter jets, and takes hundreds of prisoners as we enter the 9th day of Kyiv’s invasion of Russia. We also bring you the latest news from Germany, where authorities have sealed off an army base over suspected sabotage of water supplies.Contributors:David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X..Articles referenced:'Nord Stream sabotage: Germany issues arrest warrant' (DW)https://www.dw.com/en/nord-stream-explosions-germany-issues-arrest-warrant-report/a-69933920Finland will not hold Trump peace summit, says foreign minister (James Rothwell in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/08/finland-trump-peace-summit-valtonen-ukraine-russia-putin/Free Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 Elo 202440min
Zelensky tells Russia ‘war is coming home’ as Ukraine makes new gains in Kursk
Day 903.Today, Volodymyr Zelensky tells Russia the war is “coming home” as Ukrainian troops made fresh advances as part of its week-long invasion of the Kursk region. We bring you the latest news from the front, and look deeper into the man Putin has appointed to lead the defence of Kursk, Alexei Dyumin.We also roundup the latest political and diplomatic news and explain why a quiet archipelago off the coast of Finland is on alert for Russian spies.Contributors:David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Iona Cleave (Foreign Correspondent). @cleaveiona on X.James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.Articles referenced:Putin blames West as he vows response to Ukraine invasion:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/ukraine-invasion-russia-response-putin-west/Ukraine's answer to Russia's 'Z': How 'white triangle' invasion stunned Putin:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/ukraine-white-triangle-invasion-stunned-russia/Three reasons why Kyiv innovative invasion puts Putin's dictatorship on notice:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/kyiv-ukraine-invasion-putin-kursk-ceasefire-analysis/Putin appoints former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin who fought off a bear to lead Kursk defence:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/13/putin-appoints-former-bodyguard-alexei-dyumin-kursk-defence/Latest from Kursk:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/russia-evacuates-border-region-as-ukrainian-kursk-invasion/Joe's weekend read:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/10/ukraine-invasion-russia-sudzha-gas-pipeline-hungary/Free Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 Elo 202446min
Russia evacuates second border region as Ukraine starts ‘digging trenches and building field hospital inside Russia’
Day 902.Today, we bring you the latest on Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Kursk, as Russian civilians flee the fighting and the Kremlin’s propagandists struggle to hold the line. We also roundup the latest political and diplomatic news and look back over the last week of break-neck battlefield updates.Contributors:David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.Iona Cleave (Foreign Correspondent). @cleaveiona on X.Articles:Latest from Kursk: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/russia-evacuates-border-region-as-ukrainian-kursk-invasion/Joe's weekend read: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/10/ukraine-invasion-russia-sudzha-gas-pipeline-hungary/Free Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 Elo 202457min
Russia declares emergency in Kursk as Ukraine ‘wipes out entire battalion’ & bombs a key airfield
Day 899.Today, we continue to bring you updates and analysis of Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russia’s Kursk region, we report on the rise of war tourism & bring you new, important details about the missile that Russia fired at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv last month.Contributors:David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.Lauren Shirreff (Journalist). @laurenshirreff on X.With thanks to Damien Spleeters (Director of Expeditionary Operations, Conflict Armament Research). @damspleet on X.Lauren's article:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/07/ukraine-war-crime-dark-tourism/ News on the Kursk incursion: Ukraine ‘turned the tables’ with attack on Russia, says Volodymyr Zelensky https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/08/russia-edits-statement-dismissing-ukraines-advance-kursk/ Video: Ukraine ‘wipes out entire battalion inside Russia in one of war’s bloodiest strikes’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/09/russian-drives-past-destruction-ukraine-missile-strike/Watch: Ukraine launches ‘massive’ drone attack on Russian city https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/09/ukraine-launches-massive-drone-attack-russian-city-lipetsk/ISW's assessment: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-8-2024New Kh-101 missile used to strike Kyiv children’s hospitalhttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/edb4ed8bf3604c4ca47707ed1fe3a56cFree Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9 Elo 202450min
Ukraine's daring attack into Russia continues to gain ground
Day 898.Today, we analyse the ongoing invasion of Russia by the Ukrainian military and ask, with so many drones watching everything that moves, how has surprise returned to the battlefield?Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Chemical Biological Weapons Expert and Former British Army Colonel). @HamishDBG on X.Episodes Referenced:Francis's Ask Me Anything on Reddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1emci04/hi_all_im_francis_dearnley_cohost_of_the_daily/Shaun Pinner interview about experiencing Russia torture:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/torture-survival-hope-a-soldiers-account-of/id1612424182?i=1000650644505Free Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8 Elo 202454min
Ukraine shocks Russia with a surprise offensive into Kursk
Day 897.Today, we analyse Ukraine’s surprise attack on the Kursk region in Russia, discuss Russia’s continuing worrying advance across Donbas and we hear the latest political and diplomatic updates across Europe and the world.Contributors:David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor).Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence).Gareth Corfield (Transport Correspondent).Free Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 Elo 202442min
‘Illegal’ Russian spy families, Ukraine bombards a key Russian airfield and the evolution of drone warfare
Day 896.Today, we discuss the development of drone warfare, the impact of Ukraine’s strike on the Morozovsk airbase and the surreal case of the children of Russian spies who had no idea they were Russian.Contributors:David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.Ed Cumming (Senior Feature Writer). @edcumming on X.Jimmy Rushton (Security Analyst). @JimmySecUK on X.Articles Referenced:Dozens of Wagner fighters killed and Russian helicopter destroyed in Mali ambush:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/28/mali-attack-militants-wagner-ambush-soldier-dead-helicopter/Wagner Group massacre: ‘The victims were bloated and deformed – we could only recognise our friends by their clothes’:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/07/16/wagner-group-massacre-victims-bloated-deformed-could-recognise/Wagner is trying to reignite civil war in Mali, says US:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/30/wagner-trying-reignite-civil-war-mali-says-us/Putin sells African leaders ‘regime survival packages’ to win influence, think tank says:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/20/putin-wagner-mercenaries-regime-survival-package-africa/Free Telegraph Subscription for Students. Enjoy free access to The Telegraph with your university student email address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/studentsubSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6 Elo 202436min
