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Defog of war: your questions answered

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We tackle some of the many questions on the war in Ukraine that listeners sent in this week—why no-fly zones are a perilous idea, how weapons are making their way into Ukraine, why mud is a growing tactical concern, the implications of oil-and-gas embargoes and much more. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. From London, I'm Jason Palmer.

1:08.6

And in New York, I'm John Fastman.

1:13.1

Today, we're trying something a little bit different.

1:20.8

This week, we asked for your questions on the war in Ukraine, and we've really been impressed with the incredible breadth and depth of the questions that have come really from all over the

1:24.9

world.

1:25.2

So what we're going to do to try to get through the most questions we can

1:28.2

is break them down into three categories.

1:30.8

First, we'll focus on matters military and tactical.

1:34.4

And then we'll move on to sanctions and their effects,

1:37.1

to oil and gas, commodities, and so on.

1:39.9

And then on to misinformation, information suppression, communications in the internet,

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