{"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/6659d4bb025d6400122d80d2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"'Historic moment' as Biden permits US weapons to be fired on Russian soil & Putin's plan to end Western democracy","description":"<p><strong>Day 821.</strong></p><p>Today, we bring you updates from across Ukraine, discuss the potential death of Western democracy and we speak about the challenges and issues facing women in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.</p><p>Francis Dearnley(Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on X.</p><p>With thanks to&nbsp;ACE FD, Historian Dr Thomas Clausen and Karyn Gershon - Project Kesher CEO, and Vlada Nedak - CEO of Project Kesher Ukraine and the Women's Opportunity Fund of Ukraine.</p><p><br></p><p>To learn more about \"Project Kesher\" and the Charitable Foundation \"Women's Opportunity Fund\", you can visit:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.projectkesher.org.ua/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.projectkesher.org.ua/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>'What if Putin Wins?' Essay Series &amp;&nbsp;Articles Referenced:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>For the next seven days The Telegraph is running a series of exclusive essays from prominent international commentators imagining the consequences if Russia were successful in its war. The first essays can be found below:</em></p><p><br></p><p>'Europe's fascist future awaits' (Dr Thomas Clausen in&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph</em>)</p><p>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/europes-fascist-future-awaits-if-putin-wins-in-ukraine/</p><p><br></p><p>'Putin’s plot to destroy Nato is reaching its devastating climax' (Aliona Hlivco in&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/29/putin-plot-to-destroy-nato-reaching-its-climax/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/29/putin-plot-to-destroy-nato-reaching-its-climax/</a></p><p><br></p><p>'If Putin wins, expect the worst genocide since the Holocaust' (Karolina Hird in&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph</em>)</p><p>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/31/europe-see-the-worst-genocide-since-holocaust/ </p><p><br></p><p>Other articles referenced today are as follows:</p><p><br></p><p>'Volodymyr Zelensky: Russian troops are laughing at and \"hunting\" Ukrainians' (<em>The Guardian</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/volodymyr-zelenskiy-russian-troops-have-been-laughing-at-and-hunting-ukrainians?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/volodymyr-zelenskiy-russian-troops-have-been-laughing-at-and-hunting-ukrainians?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a></p><p><br></p><p>‘He couldn’t wait to join’: thousands of young Russians die in Ukraine war (<em>The Guardian</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/thousands-of-russian-youth-die-in-ukraine-war\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/thousands-of-russian-youth-die-in-ukraine-war</a></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"}