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Yeah. Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Battleground with me Saul David and Patrick Bishop.

Well, after the hurly-burly of the political upheavals in America, our attention has focused once again,

and probably not before time,

on what is happening on the ground and in the broader global context of the war. And what we're seeing is very interesting. Russia is continuing its battlefield effort, but at the same time,

it's returning to its broader strategic aim of frightening the West into reducing its support for Ukraine.

Yes, indeed. Russia's announced that it's launched huge naval drills involving the majority

of its fleet and personnel. These are taking place across the Arctic, Pacific, Baltic and

Caspian seas, and they involve more than 300 vessels from

four different fleets and flotillas, as well as around 20,000 Navy personnel.

And this comes as President Putin warned the West that if Washington goes ahead with a plan

to deploy long-range missiles in Germany, he will respond by placing similar missiles

within striking distance of

the West. This stems, of course, from a US-Germany announcement earlier this year to deploy the

missiles starting from next year, along with Tomahawk cruise missiles and hypersonic weapons.

According to the White House, the missiles have, and I quote, significantly longer range than current land-based missiles

in Europe. The move is a bid by the Biden White House to underline its commitment to NATO and its

European allies. Well, this got a predictable response from Putin, who in a speech on Sunday to mark

Russian Navy Day, accused the US of escalating tensions saying we will take mirror

measures. Well, let's deal with those naval exercises first saw. Moscow's trying hard to look

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