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67. Putin's Propaganda

Battleground

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Battleground: Ukraine, Saul and Patrick discuss the significant events that have come over the last seven days, both on and off the battlefield, including a warning from Ukraine’s President Zelensky that Russia may be planning to blow up the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. They also discuss some fascinating points and questions raised by listeners, including some highlighting the long reach of Putin's propaganda which continues to heavily influence some people outside of Russia. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] 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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1:20.0

Well, after the drama of the Wagner mutiny, it was perhaps inevitable that things would quiet and down a little.

1:26.0

But there's still been some highly significant

1:27.7

events over the last seven days, both on and off the battlefield, including a warning from

1:33.0

Ukraine's President Zelensky that Russia may be planning to blow up the Zaporizia nuclear

1:38.6

power plant. Yes, and we've also had the clearest explanation yet from the Ukrainian military

1:44.1

as to what they're trying to achieve with their counteroffensive.

1:47.9

More indications that the various interests of Ifgeny, Progosians, Wagner, PMC are being wound up in the wake of the failed mutiny,

1:55.9

and evidence that up to 700,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia without their parents' permission.

2:03.0

But what about the Zaporica nuclear power plant story, Patrick?

2:06.6

It does sound particularly worrying.

2:08.9

It is, Saul. Ukraine has long been warning that Russia might try to create what would in effect

2:15.1

be an improvised nuclear device by blowing up the plant and then

2:20.1

blaming Ukraine for the deed as a sort of false flag operation. Well, that doomsday scenarios come a bit

2:28.3

closer, according to President Zelensky, who says that Russia has, quotes, placed objects resembling explosives

2:36.7

on the roof of the nuclear plant and may be planning to detonate them and then put the blame on

2:43.9

Ukrainian shelling. Now, this seems to be reinforced by what's coming out of Moscow, an advisor to

2:50.4

Russia's Rosatom Nuclear Agency, someone

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