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Apply with £100,000 annual income or £100,000 savings or investments with HSBC UK or Premier status abroad. Hello. Hello and welcome to the last Battleground podcast of the year with me Saul David and Patrick Bishop.

Military historians, we think, will look back on 2023 as a landmark year that saw two major wars whose outcomes will have a significant effect

on the future of world events. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza are far from over, of course,

but in this episode we'll be revisiting the major events of the year in both theatres and trying

to give some sense of where they might go in the year ahead.

We'll also, as usual, be updating you on recent events in both places, starting with Ukraine,

where there's been some very welcome good news, hasn't there, Patrick?

What with the successful strike on the Russian supply ship in Crimea,

and an interesting and positive development on the aviation front.

That's right, Saul. It seems the Russians have scaled back their air operations in southern Ukraine after losing three SU 34 jets just before Christmas. Now, these are their super-sophisticated,

top-of-the-range fighter bombers. They're the best kit the Russian Air Force have to offer.

And they've been using them to lob glide bombs into the bridgehead Ukrainian forces have

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