How Trump's purges weaken the CIA & Russian ship on fire after drone hit

How Trump's purges weaken the CIA & Russian ship on fire after drone hit

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Day 1,297.

Today, we dive into Donald Trump’s campaign of revenge against CIA officials and into new and upcoming sanctions against Russia as pressure continues to mount following the drone incursion into the Polish airspace. And finally, we hear the second part of David Knowles’s work on the fight against corruption Ukraine, recorded shortly before his death.


Contributors:

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.

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

With special thanks - as ever - to David Knowles (creator of 'Ukraine: The Latest').


Content Referenced:

Trump’s vengeance against CIA ‘is blinding US to Putin’s threat’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/12/donald-trump-vengeance-cia-blinding-usa-threat-putin-russia/


Part one of David Knowles’s interview on the fight against corruption in Ukraine:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/putin-launches-largest-air-attack-of-the-war/id1612424182?i=1000725540765


Charities in David Knowles’s memory:

KHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:

https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowles


British Heart Foundation fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowles


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