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58. Dam Disaster

Battleground

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In a week with much to discuss, Saul and Patrick take a look at the latest developments including the two stories that have been dominating the news: the probable start of the much-anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive which, in turn, has panicked Russia into the deliberate destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - battlegroundukraine@gmail.com Producer: James Hodgson Twitter: @PodBattleground Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.1

So much to discuss this week, but two stories dominate the news. First, the probable start of the much-anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive,

1:29.2

which in turn appears to have panicked Russia into a ruthless act of ecological sabotage,

1:36.1

the deliberate destruction of the Nova Kakovka Dam on the Denepro River.

1:41.0

We also discuss a second incursion by the pro-Ukrainian Russian volunteer

1:45.5

corps and freedom of Russia Legion into the Belgarod region of Russia, which is still ongoing.

1:52.3

And the extraordinary events near Bakhmut, where withdrawing Wagner forces arrested and beat up

1:57.8

a Russian brigade commander, who they claim was deliberately planting minds

2:02.3

to harm them. You couldn't make it up. No, you couldn't, could you, Saul? This story clearly

2:07.1

has got legs, as we old newspaper men used to say, who knows where it's going to end. Okay, well,

2:13.0

let's open with the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It seems to have begun on Monday with a

2:19.5

series of probing attacks that have made gains in the Donetsk and Zaborizia regions, including

2:25.8

around Bakhmut. Predictably, the Russian MOD claimed to repulsed one large-scale attack

2:31.8

in the southern Donetsk region, no more specific than that, by knocking

2:38.1

out 1616 tanks, 24 armored vehicles, and killing 250 men. I think we can take this claim

2:46.7

with a wagon load of salt, not least because it was later contradicted by several well-connected

2:53.0

Russian mill bloggers who've reported more serious Ukrainian gains than admitted by the Russian MOD.

3:01.4

For example, Alexander Kodakovsky, a senior commander in the pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic Army, said that an

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