Day 1,260.
Today, as Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff meets Vladimir Putin for so-called ceasefire negotiations, President Zelensky releases a video marking a year since Ukrainian troops invaded Russia’s Kursk oblast and Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office opens another investigation into alleged Russian war crimes after a video emerges of a civilian being gunned down in the Donbas. Plus, we explore issues around the use of tourniquets in combat and how their misuse might be causing unnecessary deaths.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Maeve Cullinan (Global health security reporter). @maeve_cullinan on X.
Content Referenced:
‘Cult’ of tourniquets causing thousands of unnecessary amputations and deaths in Ukraine, say surgeons (Maeve Cullinan in The Telegraph):
Putin considers missile and drone truce as Trump envoy arrives in Moscow (The Telegraph):
Exclusive: Putin doubts potency of Trump's ultimatum to end the war, sources say (Reuters):
Trump’s Ukraine peace plan: Make India pay (The Telegraph):
Why the laws of war are widely ignored (The Economist):
https://www.economist.com/international/2025/08/05/why-the-laws-of-war-are-widely-ignored
Sviatlana Tsikanouskaya (List of events marking five years of protest):
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