Day 1,660.
Today, after Russia strikes a train near the Ukrainian border with Poland, narrowly missing top European officials including Boris Johnson, we consider whether the attack was deliberate. The officials were attending a major gathering in Kyiv seeking to forge a new way forward – we’ll bring you the highlights. Then we try to get to the bottom of what some are calling ‘Ukraine’s biggest victory this year’ – the reported counterattack around Lyman liberating almost 200 square kilometers of territory. If confirmed, it seemingly exposed lying Russian commanders, Ukrainian formidable operational security, and expectations in the ground war over the coming months.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Memphis Barker (senior foreign correspondent). @memphisbarker on X.
Producer: Rachel Porter
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan
Social Producer: Tom Steed
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley
Created by David Knowles
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World’s First Naval Drone Duel Results In Ukrainian Success (Naval News)
Germany floats new Ukraine loan backed by frozen Russian assets (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-ukraine-loan-frozen-russia-assets/
EU fails to agree Russia sanctions rollover with one day to spare (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-fails-to-agree-russia-sanctions-rollover-with-one-day-to-spare/
Germany Aims to Prevent Far Right From Accessing Secret War Plan (Bloomberg)
House to take up Russia sanctions bill next week (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/6084914-house-russia-sanctions-vote/
Francis’s interview with Ambassador Daniel Fried:
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjC_O7ZpeE
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RGt2H2Ww2a44wXP16XBkm
On Apple:
Ukraine’s biggest victory this year exposes lying Russian commanders (Memphis Barker for The Telegraph)
Watch Mephis’s video on the Lyman counterattack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56b-9FOC-58&pp=ygUJdGVsZWdyYXBo
Berlin-Hacker stellten geheime Drohnen-Akten ins Netz! (‘Berlin hackers put secret drone files online!’: Bild)
Russia Is Churning Out Smart, Cheap New Weapons Faster Than Ukraine or the U.S. (Wall Street Journal)
Ukraine’s way of fighting war can’t match what’s coming (Eric Schmidt for the Washington Post)
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