Day 1,648.
Today, the market is already reacting to President Zelensky’s warning last night that Russian airspace is now \"completely unsafe” thanks to Ukrainian drones, with some flights cancelled. We report August’s statistics from the ground in Ukraine, which don’t end well for Putin, or the over 40,000 soldiers who became casualty statistics of their own. We assess the reaction to Nato member Germany officially naming Russia as the perpetrator of the Leipzig-Halle drone attack and we look at the support Russia is said to be giving to Iran; a direct threat to the United States. Later, we hear from journalist Annie Jacobsen on her new book detailing how biological warfare could break out entirely by accident.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Alex Nichol (Telegraph Journalist).
Sophie O’Sullivan (Telegraph Journalist).
With thanks to Annia Jacobsen, author of Biological War: A Scenario.
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan
Social Producer: Anita Blay
Studio Director: James England
Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley
Created by David Knowles
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Drone-Led Ukrainian Offensive Retakes Ground in Critical Eastern Front Sector (Kyiv Post)
Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles (Financial Times)
'The Anarchist Cookbook on steroids': How AI is supercharging bioweapons – Battle Lines: Global Health Security
For more from Annie Jacobsen or to purchase her book, visit her website
If you’re interested in sponsoring Dom’s upcoming defence event, email our colleagues at events@telegraph.co.uk
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