Russian missile leaves crater in Poland & Fedorov reveals all in first interview since sacking

Day 1,616.

A Russian cruise missile is believed to have landed in Poland overnight, just after President Zelensky and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk met to patch up a rumbling diplomatic spat. Meanwhile, inside Ukraine, former Minister of Defence Fedorov gives his first big interview since being sacked, saying there is 'resistance to change' in the defence ministry and laying out his vision to win the war. Finally, Dom, Adelie, and Francis read your best summer postcards and answer your questions.

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Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.

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Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

‘Russian missile’ leaves crater in Poland (The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/30/poland-explosion-russian-missile-attack/

Attacks on Ukrainians in Poland are rising. Disinformation fuels the flames (Kyiv Independent)

https://kyivindependent.com/attacks-on-ukrainians-in-poland-are-rising-disinformation-fuels-the-flames/

Watch the full interview with Mykhailo Fedorov (Ukrainska Pravda, in Ukrainian)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbjYc4-OuT0

Russia importing sensitive UK, EU tech through India, data shows (Politico)

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-import-uk-eu-technology-india-data/

Francis’s Interview with Michael Bohnert re. Patriot missile timescales:

https://youtu.be/Fg_PmGkpJu4?si=Jf7HoU6anVj1JCQW

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• Russian missile leaves crater in Poland
• Fedorov reveals all in first interview since sacking

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