320. Peace Falters, Tariffs Bite, and Ukraine's New Weapon

Battleground

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week on Battleground, Saul David and Patrick Bishop analyse why recent diplomatic summits have failed to move the needle on peace in Ukraine. They also discuss two surprising developments: new details about a potential US security commitment to a post-war Ukraine, and the US imposition of heavy tariffs on India to punish it for buying Russian oil. With the tariffs already devastating key Indian industries. On the ground, a Russian breakthrough near Dobropillya has been contained, but new reports confirm a Russian advance into the Dnipropetrovsk region. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to hit Russian targets with long-range drone strikes and has unveiled a new, powerful cruise missile, the "Flamingo FP-5," with a 3,000 km range. Finally, in a new segment with the Centre for Information Resilience, the hosts report that Russian drone activity has effectively cut off a key highway, raising fears of a "drone siege" on the city of Kherson. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson X (Twitter): @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.3	Hello and welcome to the Battleground podcast with me Saul David and Patrick Bishop.
1:22.3	Well, in the wake of the shameful climbdown that was the Trump-Putin-Alaska summit,
1:30.1	followed by Trump's cordial, if unsubstantive, meeting with Zelenskyky and a cohort of European leaders in Washington, D.C.
1:36.0	I think I can confidently say, Patrick, we're no closer to peace in Ukraine, or even a ceasefire than we were before the events of last week. How do I know this? Because the Russian posturing
1:41.2	since has been particularly belligerent. Take, for example, Russian foreign
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