Pentagon announces ‘massive’ military aid package & reviewing Russian rockets with former NASA Astronaut Terry Virts

Pentagon announces ‘massive’ military aid package & reviewing Russian rockets with former NASA Astronaut Terry Virts

Day 948.

Today, further to updates from the war zone, we look at the new military aid package announced by the US for Kyiv, discuss the upcoming meeting between President Zelensky and Donald Trump, and review Russian rockets and the battle for space with a former commander of the International Space Station.


Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

With thanks to Terry Virts, former US Air Force F-16 pilot, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and currently a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics, an energy think tank. @AstroTerry on X.


Content Referenced:


U.S. Intelligence Stresses Risks in Allowing Long-Range Strikes by Ukraine (New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/us/politics/us-intelligence-stresses-risks-in-allowing-long-range-strikes-by-ukraine.html


Children lost to the war (Ukrainian Government):

https://childrenofwar.gov.ua/en/


Ukraine Focus NGO, delivering Ambulances to Ukraine:


For more information, visit:

https://ukrainefocus.org/


For Francis's episode on his journey with Ukraine Focus, see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHOEYMfizow


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