{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/658301371b4a0600176a3fd4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ukraine ‘breaks through’ Russian defences, Kremlin ‘spies’ arrested & training troops for the counter-offensive","description":"<p><strong>Day 537</strong>.</p><p>Today – further to reporting on advances at the battlefront – we discuss the sudden implosion of the Russian rouble, the arrest of three suspected Kremlin spies in Britain, and do a deep dive into the alleged failures in Nato training provided to Ukrainian forces, and how such deficiencies might be remedied.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). <em>@FrancisDearnley on Twitter.</em></p><p>Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence).&nbsp;<em>@DomNicholls on Twitter.</em></p><p>Daniel Ridley (Trident Defence Initiative). <em>@TridentDefUKR on Twitter.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read the article Francis cites:</strong> <a href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.12933\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.12933</a></p><p><strong>To listen to David's interview </strong>with celebrated Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy, scroll to the bottom of this article and hit play on the audio player:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://bit.ly/serhii-plokhy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Serhii Plokhy interview: ‘Putin wants control of Ukraine – but he is prepared to go for plan B’</a></p><p><strong>Subscribe to The Telegraph</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest</a></p><p><strong>Email:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>You can vote for&nbsp;<em>Ukraine: the latest</em>&nbsp;in the 'Listener's Choice' category of this year's British Podcast Awards:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting</strong></a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href=\"https://art19.com/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href=\"https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}