8,000 Russian armoured vehicles destroyed & Moscow scooter bomb kills nuclear general

8,000 Russian armoured vehicles destroyed & Moscow scooter bomb kills nuclear general

Day 1,028.

Today, we react to the news that the Russian general in charge of the military’s nuclear and chemical weapons division has been assassinated in a scooter bomb attack, we hear live from the Joint Expeditionary Force summit in Estonia, and we hear our latest dispatch from the frontline city of Kharkiv.


Contributors:

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

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

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

James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.

With thanks to Jack Leather and Adélie Pojzman-Pontay for photographs, videos, and recordings.


Donate to David's charity:

This Christmas, the Telegraph is honouring the life and work of our late colleague David Knowles by working with Humanity & Inclusion, a charity helping the ill, vulnerable and disabled left behind in Ukraine’s warzones. You can donate here:

https://telegraph.ctdonate.org/


Francis's Article on the Kharkiv underground School, with photos and clips:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/2024/12/17/inside-kharkivs-underground-school-for-ukrainian-children/


Articles Referenced:

Why Russian blimps appearing on Nato’s border are a message from Moscow (James in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/16/russia-mysterious-blimps-sow-fear-and-confusion-nato-border/


The 500-mile high speed rail line that can carry Nato troops to a war with Russia (James in The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/rail-baltica-nato-troops-russia-estonia-latvia-lithuania/


Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits (Foreign Policy)

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email


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