Ukraine: The Latest31 Maj 2024

'Historic moment' as Biden permits US weapons to be fired on Russian soil & Putin's plan to end Western democracy

Day 821.

Today, we bring you updates from across Ukraine, discuss the potential death of Western democracy and we speak about the challenges and issues facing women in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.

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

With thanks to ACE FD, Historian Dr Thomas Clausen and Karyn Gershon - Project Kesher CEO, and Vlada Nedak - CEO of Project Kesher Ukraine and the Women's Opportunity Fund of Ukraine.

To learn more about "Project Kesher" and the Charitable Foundation "Women's Opportunity Fund", you can visit:

http://www.projectkesher.org.ua/

'What if Putin Wins?' Essay Series & Articles Referenced:

For the next seven days The Telegraph is running a series of exclusive essays from prominent international commentators imagining the consequences if Russia were successful in its war. The first essays can be found below:

'Europe's fascist future awaits' (Dr Thomas Clausen in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/europes-fascist-future-awaits-if-putin-wins-in-ukraine/

'Putin’s plot to destroy Nato is reaching its devastating climax' (Aliona Hlivco in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/29/putin-plot-to-destroy-nato-reaching-its-climax/

'If Putin wins, expect the worst genocide since the Holocaust' (Karolina Hird in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/31/europe-see-the-worst-genocide-since-holocaust/

Other articles referenced today are as follows:

'Volodymyr Zelensky: Russian troops are laughing at and "hunting" Ukrainians' (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/volodymyr-zelenskiy-russian-troops-have-been-laughing-at-and-hunting-ukrainians?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

‘He couldn’t wait to join’: thousands of young Russians die in Ukraine war (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/thousands-of-russian-youth-die-in-ukraine-war

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