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Day 769. 

Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront as Ukraine launches a massive attack on a Russian airbase while reports come in that Russian troops have reached the suburbs of Chasiv Yar.

Contributors:

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

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

With thanks to @andreajanuta.

Articles/Episodes Referenced:

'The West cannot let Putin open a second front in Europe' (The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/04/the-west-cannot-let-putin-open-a-second-front-in-europe/ 

'Russia is undergoing an invisible revolution' (RT)

https://swentr.site/russia/595266-ukraine-west-pushed-russia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS&utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

Defence in Depth series:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAddjHY3ss14eTzAZ_koulx 

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What can A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke tell us about AI? Does Shakespeare's Othello contain a warning for the 2024 US presidential election? Our journalists (and our listeners, too) recommend books that might help us better understand our times.

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Day 615. Today, we bring you the latest updates from Ukraine and dissect the essay written by Ukraine’s top General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, that sets out his view of the full scale war with Russia and how to win it.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

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

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

Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander & Telegraph contributor). @HamishDBG on Twitter.

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia [the Economist]: https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/11/01/ukraines-commander-in-chief-on-the-breakthrough-he-needs-to-beat-russia

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Day 453.

Today, we bring you the latest news from Belgorod as Russia battles saboteur groups on its own territory and we talk about Russian prison culture and its impact on soldiering in the invasion.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.

Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Reporter) @RolandOliphant on Twitter.

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

Kristapps Andrejsons (Journalist and creator of The Eastern Border podcast). @TorquemadaStark on Twitter.

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Day 396.

Today, we bring you up to date news from across the Battlefront, discuss Russia’s announcement to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus & analyse a Ukrainian sea-borne attack on Russian ships in Crimea.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

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

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

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Day 352.

Today, we discuss the missile strikes across Ukraine, the heaviest bombardment since the start of the war. We also hear from Dan Ridley, a former British soldier, about his efforts to train Ukrainian troops. Plus, Dom recounts what it was like to be a "fly on the wall" in Rome with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as Zelensky visited London.

Contributors:

Dom Nicholls (Host). @DomNicholls on Twitter.

Gareth Corfield (Senior Technology Reporter). @GazTheJourno on Twitter.

With thanks to Daniel Ridley, founder of Trident Defence Initiative @TridentDefUKR on Twitter.

Read more on Trident Defence Initiative: tridentdefenseinitiative.com

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Today in our series, How Women Won WWII, let’s head to Great Britain and learn about a military organization that recruited women into the war effort all across the country. Women volunteered in great numbers and, throughout the war, thousands of women participated. You might even call them…a flock.

Hosted by: Sharon McMahon

Executive Producer: Heather Jackson

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

Written and researched by: Heather Jackson, Sharon McMahon, Valerie Hoback, and Amy Watkin

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