UK signals go-ahead for Storm Shadows strikes inside Russia & Trump ‘to call Zelensky’

UK signals go-ahead for Storm Shadows strikes inside Russia & Trump ‘to call Zelensky’

Day 878.

Today, off the back of the Blenheim summit we assess the breaking news that Britain has granted the use of Storm Shadows on Russian soil. Plus, we consider a new report as to why the Ukrainian counter-offensive failed, and the significance of a British soldier fighting for Moscow.


Contributors:

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

Aliona Hlivco (Political Scientist. Managing Director at Henry Jackson Society). @aliona_hlivco on X.

Daniel Hardaker (Freelance Journalist). @danielhardaker4 on X.

Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X


Articles Referenced:


War with China is closer than we think (Aliona Hlivco in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/19/war-with-china-is-closer-than-we-think/


Putin is leading Russia into a demographic catastrophe (Francis Dearnley in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/15/putin-is-leading-russia-into-a-demographic-catastrophe


Preliminary Lessons from Ukraine’s Offensive Operations, 2022–23 (RUSI)

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/preliminary-lessons-ukraines-offensive-operations-2022-23


From the front line of the battle to save Kharkiv (Svitlana Morenets in The Spectator)

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/from-the-front-line-of-the-battle-to-save-kharkiv/


Russia’s vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out (The Economist)

https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/16/russias-vast-stocks-of-soviet-era-weaponry-are-running-out


Englishman fighting in Ukraine says Kremlin recruiting English speakers (Daniel Hardaker in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/14/ben-stimson-english-speakers-in-russian-army-ukraine/


Ursula Von der Leyen wins second term as EC president with European ‘air shield’ pledge (The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/18/ursula-von-der-leyen-wins-second-term-ec-president/



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