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Day 682.

Today, we bring you the latest news from the front lines, discuss Telegraph polling of US public opinion and we hear from Ukrainian politician and leader of the Holos political party, Kira Rudik, who’s own home has been damaged by Russian bombing.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.

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

Kira Rudik (Leader of the Holos political party). @kiraincongress on Twitter.

Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.

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Day 565. Today, we report on the latest updates from the front lines and discuss Kim Jong-un's visit to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin.

Plus, in the first of the interviews from our trip to the United States, Dom Nicholls heads to the Boulder Crest Foundation, a veterans and first responders rehabilitation and wellness organisation. There he speaks to Josh Goldberg from the foundation, and Olena Bidovanets, a mental health practitioner from Ukraine, about mental health, stress and resilience, both for individuals in war and society at large.

Contributors

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.

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

Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.

With thanks to Josh Goldberg and Olena Bidovanets at the Boulder Crest Foundation.

Read Russia expands military bases along Finland border, by Joe Barnes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/11/russia-expands-military-bases-along-finland-border/

Read Russia fired missiles at civilian cargo ship in Odesa as focus of Black Sea attacks shifts, by Joe Barnes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/11/russia-missiles-odesa-black-sea-ukraine-putin/

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The Russian military is on the move toward the border with Ukraine, with American intelligence suggesting that Moscow is preparing for an offensive involving some 175,000 troops.

Could the moves herald a full-scale invasion? And if so, what is driving President Vladimir V. Putin’s brinkmanship over Russia’s southwestern neighbor?

Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.

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Background reading: 

• There are tactical reasons for Russia’s threatening an invasion of Ukraine, but the real cause may lie in the Kremlin’s fixation with righting what it sees as a historical injustice.
• After eight years in the trenches, Ukrainian soldiers are resigned to the possibility that the Russian military, which dwarfs their own in power and wealth, will come sooner or later.
• In a tense meeting with Mr. Putin, President Biden said that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would result in heavy economic penalties.

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