Russia reinforces southern front with elite paratroopers, Ukrainian football in the full-scale invasion & the value of 'hope' in wartime

Russia reinforces southern front with elite paratroopers, Ukrainian football in the full-scale invasion & the value of 'hope' in wartime

Day 571. Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, discuss the state of Ukrainian football in the full scale invasion.

Plus Dom Nicholls interviews friend of the podcast John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare studies at the Modern War Institute, about hope in war.


Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

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

James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter.


With thanks to:

Romann Tymotsko @KarpatyLvivFC on Twitter

Andrew Todos from Zorya Londonsk, Ukrainian football expert. @zoryalondonsk on Twitter.

Jez Myers @jezmyers on Twitter.


John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute. @SpencerGuard on Twitter.


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