{"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/67618997f4445443730fe596?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"8,000 Russian armoured vehicles destroyed & Moscow scooter bomb kills nuclear general","description":"<p><strong>Day 1,028.</strong></p><p>Today, we react to the news that the Russian general in charge of the military’s nuclear and chemical weapons division has been assassinated in a scooter bomb attack, we hear live from the Joint Expeditionary Force summit in Estonia, and we hear our latest dispatch from the frontline city of Kharkiv.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.</p><p>Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.</p><p>Hamish&nbsp;De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X</p><p>James Rothwell&nbsp;(Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.</p><p>With thanks to Jack Leather and Adélie Pojzman-Pontay for photographs, videos, and recordings.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Donate&nbsp;to David's charity:</strong></p><p>This Christmas, the Telegraph is honouring the life and work of our late colleague David Knowles by working with Humanity &amp; Inclusion, a charity helping the ill, vulnerable and disabled left behind in Ukraine’s warzones. You can&nbsp;donate&nbsp;here:</p><p><a href=\"https://telegraph.ctdonate.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://telegraph.ctdonate.org/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Francis's Article on the Kharkiv underground School, with photos and clips:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/2024/12/17/inside-kharkivs-underground-school-for-ukrainian-children/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/2024/12/17/inside-kharkivs-underground-school-for-ukrainian-children/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Articles Referenced:</strong></p><p>Why Russian blimps appearing on Nato’s border are a message from Moscow (James in&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/16/russia-mysterious-blimps-sow-fear-and-confusion-nato-border/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/16/russia-mysterious-blimps-sow-fear-and-confusion-nato-border/</a></p><p><br></p><p>The 500-mile high speed rail line that can carry Nato troops to a war with Russia (James in&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/rail-baltica-nato-troops-russia-estonia-latvia-lithuania/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/rail-baltica-nato-troops-russia-estonia-latvia-lithuania/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits (<em>Foreign Policy</em>)</p><p><a href=\"https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to The Telegraph:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest</a></p><p><strong>Email:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk</a></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}