Moscow suffers its second bloodiest month of the war & "great powers do not fear escalation" says Trump's envoy

Moscow suffers its second bloodiest month of the war & "great powers do not fear escalation" says Trump's envoy

Day 1,077.

Today, we discuss the slashing of USAID and how Trump wants to access Ukraine’s rare minerals in exchange for military support, and we report on Russia having more losses over the last two months than at any other point since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.


Contributors:

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Narrative Podcast Producer). @adeliepjz on X.

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

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor, Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

With special thanks to Asami Terajima (Reporter at The Kyiv Independent). @AsamiTerajima on X.


Content Referenced:

Battle Lines, our sister podcast, exploring wider global affairs:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trump-edition-americas-ai-war-with-china-what-his/id1712903296?i=1000687394662


Trump wants Ukrainian rare earths deal in return for US military support (FT):

https://www.ft.com/content/94efcd8a-93ce-4ca6-bd07-061bfed1fdbf?shareType=nongift


Biden administration slowed Ukraine arms shipments until his term was nearly done (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/biden-administration-beset-by-doubts-slowed-ukraine-weapons-shipments-until-2025-02-03/


Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article for Russia in Global Affairs magazine, “The UN Charter as the legal foundation of a multipolar world”:

https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1994357/?lang=en


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