Hunting Russian submarines with former frigate commander, Tom Sharpe
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Day 644.
Today, following the latest military and political updates, Francis interviews a former British frigate captain on what it’s like tailing Russian submarines, and we look in closer detail on the work being done to raise awareness of war crimes.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Tom Sharpe (Retired Navy Commander). @TomSharpe134 on Twitter.
With thanks to Anastasiia Marushevska and Julia Petryk (Co-founders of the Ukrainian NGO PR Army).
Opportunity to potentially talk to Dom & Francis (for charity!):
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Read more:
'How Putin is reshaping Russia to keep his war-machine running' (The Economist) - https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/11/30/how-putin-is-reshaping-russia-to-keep-his-war-machine-running
'The precarious stabilization of Ukraine's war economy' (Adam Tooze's Substack) - https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-250-the-precarious-stabilization
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:02.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Before we begin today's episode, a quick announcement. |
| 0:10.0 | We often receive requests from listeners to interview certain guests, and one name that has come up repeatedly |
| 0:16.0 | is historian Professor Timothy Snyder of Yale University, famous for his online lectures on Ukrainian history, and his ongoing commentary on the war. |
| 0:25.0 | Well, I'm delighted to say that Joe David and I have now recorded a full-length interview with Professor Snyder, |
| 0:31.0 | facilitated by the charity United 24, who with his support are fundraising for a new air defence system via their project Safe Skies. |
| 0:40.0 | That interview will be released as a special bonus episode this weekend, |
| 0:44.6 | featuring extended discussions on why he's optimistic about Ukraine's future, |
| 0:49.3 | misunderstandings about Russia, and his meetings with President Selensky. |
| 0:54.0 | It's a genuinely fascinating interview so be sure you don't miss it. |
| 0:58.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 1:06.8 | Today, following the latest military and political updates, I interview a former British frigate |
| 1:11.6 | captain on what it's like tailing Russian |
| 1:14.2 | submarines and we look in closer detail on the work being done to raise awareness of |
| 1:19.5 | Russian war crimes. |
| 1:22.0 | A primary takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:31.0 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the |
| 1:36.1 | job. |
| 1:37.1 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 1:38.1 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainian. Ukraine is. |
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