Day 1,720
Today, after striking Russia’s five largest oil refineries over the last two weeks, Ukraine expands to the top ten with a hit in Volgograd. And a second car bombing in two days in Russia, this time in Moscow. Meanwhile Ukraine’s biggest producer and exporter of sunflower oil suspends operations at all of its extraction plants following drone strikes. Then we finish unpacking the consequences of the reopening of talks in Abu Dhabi, and wonder with Dr Jade McGlynn if Europe is ever going to wake up. Finally, Dr Jade McGlynn gives us the latest from the occupied territories.
Contributors:
Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.
Alex Nichol (Telegraph journalist)
Jade McGlynn (Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.
Producer: Rachel Porter
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Tom Steed
Social Producer: Natalia Makohon
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Listen to Adélie’s interview with the Russian diplomat:
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Hy2lE0Yyw&t=2576s
On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/us-demands-seat-for-europe-as-ukraine-peace-talks-resume/id1612424182?i=1000801041225
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BDaF4XeoIAsIlJn1a4ZtD
What happened when we confronted a Russian diplomat – at a Telegraph event:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/11/13/russian-embassy-diplomat-telegraph-ukraine-event/
Listen to Adélie and Sophie’s interview with Bruce Berglund, an expert on the Russia’s influence on the world of sports:
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdAkIvIdWk&t=976s
On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trump-and-putin-plot-big-beautiful-deal-for-europe/id1612424182?i=1000800285400
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XEpucV47fY1kjEFMend9Y
Memory Makers – The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia, by Dr Jade McGlynn:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/memory-makers-9781350522220/
Jade’s database about civilian detainees:
https://totinsights.org/civilian-detainees.html
The Importance of Being a Historian (Novaya Gazeta):
https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2022/02/17/kak-vazhno-byt-istorikom
"The Ministry of Memory": How Vladimir Medinsky, with the help of a "public" organization, took control of the past (MBK News):
https://mbk-news.appspot.com/suzhet/ministerstvo-pamyati/
RBC Investigation: Why Medinsky Needs the Military Historical Society (RBC):
https://www.rbc.ru/society/13/07/2015/559e8f459a7947860ab1f73a
Why is WWI largely neglected in Ukraine and how it impacts its national security and defense thinking? (Substack, Mykola Biesliekov):
https://mbielieskov.substack.com/p/why-is-wwi-largely-neglected-in-ukraine
Eastern Approaches, by Fitzroy Maclean:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/13230/eastern-approaches-by-maclean-fitzroy/9780141042848
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