Biden ‘to allow Pentagon contractors to deploy to Ukraine’ & Mark Rutte appointed new head of NATO
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Day 855.
Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, analyse the appointment of former Dutch PM Mark Rutte as the new head of Nato, and discuss reports that the Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles on X
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Upcoming events:
Chalke Valley History Festival (27th June):
https://www.chalkefestival.com/
Scarborough Fair (29th June):
https://scarboroughfair.uk/performances/ukraine-the-latest-live/
Articles Referenced:
'US could halt weapons deliveries if Ukraine refuses peace talks' (The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/25/us-could-halt-weapons-deliveries-if-ukraine-refuses-talks/
'Biden administration moves toward allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine' (CNN)
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/biden-administration-american-military-contractors-ukraine/index.html
'A Methodology for Degrading the Arms of the Russian Federation' (RUSI report)
https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/occasional-papers/methodology-degrading-arms-russian-federation
'IT Army attacks Russian banking system, disabling Mir payment system' (Ukrainian Pravda)
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/20/7461812/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today we bring you |
| 0:09.1 | updates from across the battlefront, analyze the appointment of a Dutch PM Mark Rutter as the new |
| 0:14.1 | head of NATO and we discuss reports that the Biden administration is moving towards |
| 0:18.3 | lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine. |
| 0:22.4 | Bravering takes you through on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine. |
| 0:22.6 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:31.6 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 0:36.7 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 0:38.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:40.0 | We're strong. |
| 0:42.0 | Where Ukrainians? It's wedens. We're Ukrainian. Ukraine is. |
| 0:44.0 | It's Wednesday, the 26th of June. |
| 0:47.0 | Two years and 128 days since the full scale invasion began. |
| 0:50.0 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor Dominic Nichols, an assistant comment editor Francis |
| 0:54.8 | Sternly. |
| 0:55.8 | I started by asking Dom for the latest news from Ukraine. |
| 0:59.8 | Well, thanks David and hello, wherever you are. So let's start in Ukraine on the ground. |
| 1:07.6 | The Ukrainian attempts to collapse that Russian incursion north of Harkeyev and the Vovchansk area has continued |
| 1:15.4 | geolocated footage published yesterday by the Institute of the Study of War shows, continued |
| 1:20.8 | marginal advance by the Ukrainians slowly pushing that lodgment out or collapsing it. |
| 1:29.0 | However, it is very slow and marginal, about the same, think as the sort of Russian efforts in the east in recent months, |
| 1:37.8 | but it is going in one direction at the moment in Vovchansk. |
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