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Further strikes inside Russia & military deep dive on Ukraine

Day 286.

Today, we discuss the updates from Ukraine, the latest on developments around nuclear threats and sabre-rattling and we interview John Spencer, author of The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender.


Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army colonel, expert on CBRN). Find out more about Hamish' app here: https://www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/new-safety-course-for-ukrainian-journalists/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=nuclear

With thanks to John Spencer. Read his mini manual here: https://www.johnspenceronline.com/mini-manual-urbandefender


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