{"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/664e14bceb531600129f61a6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Russia’s ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills & Ukraine’s theory of victory","description":"<p><strong>Day 812.</strong></p><p>Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.</p><p>James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.</p><p>Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Chemical Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on X.</p><p>Dalibor Rohac (Senior Fellow AEI) @DaliborRohac on X.</p><p><br></p><p>'The villages near Kharkiv were recovering. Fleeing again, their people feel betrayed by the west – and I understand why' (Ada Wordsworth in&nbsp;<em>The Guardian</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/kharkiv-betrayed-west-ukraine-russia-war\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/kharkiv-betrayed-west-ukraine-russia-war</a></p><p><br></p><p>'A Theory of Victory for Ukraine' (Andriy Zagorodnyuk and Eliot A. Cohen,&nbsp;<em>Foreign Affairs</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/theory-victory-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/theory-victory-ukraine</a></p><p><br></p><p>Putin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (<em>The&nbsp;Telegraph</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/</a></p><p><br></p><p>'The EU is failing Georgia, just as it failed Ukraine' (Dalibor Rohac in&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/21/the-eu-is-failing-georgia-just-as-it-failed-ukraine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/21/the-eu-is-failing-georgia-just-as-it-failed-ukraine/</a></p><p><br></p><p>'Exclusive: Pentagon's Russian Oil Red Line Questioned' (<em>Newsweek</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-oil-hubs-red-line-1902516\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-oil-hubs-red-line-1902516</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Telegraph:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest</a></p><p>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}