{"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/685967fb8bc1d32b98dfcc45?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Putin claims 'all of Ukraine is ours' and threatens nuclear strike","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/1750689905251-a9d47260-d781-476c-9e8b-699f1e51d158.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Day 1,216.</strong></p><p>Today, we discuss the ramifications of the historic American strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, and how we should read Tehran's Foreign Minister’s scramble to Moscow. Plus we feature a special dispatch from Gotland, Sweden, to meet the Armed Forces’ newest outfit protecting Europe’s strategic Baltic outpost from Russia.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.</p><p>Dominic&nbsp;Nicholls&nbsp;(Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.</p><p>Venetia&nbsp;Rainey&nbsp;(Co-host&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/battle-lines/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Battle Lines</a>&nbsp;podcast). @venetiarainey on X.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Content Referenced:</strong></p><p>The tiny Swedish island regiment tasked with protecting Europe from Russia (Venetia Rainey in <em>The Telegraph</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/17/the-tiny-swedish-island-regiment-tasked-protecting-europe/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/17/the-tiny-swedish-island-regiment-tasked-protecting-europe/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Our sister podcast Battle Lines, covering wider geopolitical affairs, including Iran:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/14/battle-lines-foreign-policy-geopolitics-conflict-podcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/14/battle-lines-foreign-policy-geopolitics-conflict-podcast/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Spain exempt from Nato’s 5pc spending target (The Telegraph):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/22/spain-exempt-from-nato-five-percent-spending-target-gdp/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/22/spain-exempt-from-nato-five-percent-spending-target-gdp/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>'My husband is free' — Belarus opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski freed after US envoy visits Minsk (The Kyiv Independent):</p><p><a href=\"https://kyivindependent.com/in-highest-level-visit-in-years-lukashenko-meets-us-envoy-kellogg-in-minsk/?mc_cid=bdc69312ea&amp;mc_eid=08d0680a95\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://kyivindependent.com/in-highest-level-visit-in-years-lukashenko-meets-us-envoy-kellogg-in-minsk/?mc_cid=bdc69312ea&amp;mc_eid=08d0680a95</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Putin spies an opportunity in Trump’s attack on Iran (The Spectator):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/putin-spies-an-opportunity-in-trumps-attack-on-iran/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/putin-spies-an-opportunity-in-trumps-attack-on-iran/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SIGN UP TO THE NEW ‘UKRAINE: THE LATEST’ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe: <a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest</a></p><p>Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}