{"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/67781040a1ad7348eb911901?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hunting Russian soldiers with Ukraine's ace drone unit & tank brigade goes AWOL in France","description":"<p><strong>Day 1,045.</strong></p><p>Today, after the latest updates from the battlefield, we hear about the cutting edge drones being used to wage war against Moscow's forces, and the moral conundrums they raise. Plus, we consider the state of the Russian economy as we enter 2025.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>Dominic&nbsp;Nicholls&nbsp;(Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.</p><p>Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.</p><p>Francis Farrell (Report, The Kyiv Independent). @francisjfarrell on X.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Content referenced:</strong></p><p>‘We’re in the end game’: Why Kyiv’s blow to Russian gas threatens a European energy war (Matt Oliver in The Telegraph):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/why-ukraine-gas-pipeline-closure-moscow-biggest-defeat/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/why-ukraine-gas-pipeline-closure-moscow-biggest-defeat/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Donald Trump will be no friend of the Kremlin (Ambrose Evans Pritchard in The Telegraph):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/the-biggest-threat-to-putins-regime-is-donald-trump/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/the-biggest-threat-to-putins-regime-is-donald-trump/</a></p><p><br></p><p>With Ukraine's ace drone unit hunting Russians (Francis Farrell in The Kyiv Independent):</p><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/s4uaKynSRx4?feature=shared\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/s4uaKynSRx4?feature=shared</a></p><p><br></p><p>The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics (Full-Length Kyiv Independent Documentary):</p><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/SVxY5ihyVnA?feature=shared\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/SVxY5ihyVnA?feature=shared</a></p><p><br></p><p>Flagship Ukrainian brigade trained in France goes AWOL (The Telegraph:)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/02/ukrainian-soldiers-go-awol-before-shot-fired/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/02/ukrainian-soldiers-go-awol-before-shot-fired/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Russia 'shoots down Santa' (The Telegraph):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/27/russia-shoots-down-santa-claus-in-propaganda-video/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/27/russia-shoots-down-santa-claus-in-propaganda-video/</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"}