‘Illegal’ Russian spy families, Ukraine bombards a key Russian airfield and the evolution of drone warfare
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Day 896.
Today, we discuss the development of drone warfare, the impact of Ukraine’s strike on the Morozovsk airbase and the surreal case of the children of Russian spies who had no idea they were Russian.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
Ed Cumming (Senior Feature Writer). @edcumming on X.
Jimmy Rushton (Security Analyst). @JimmySecUK on X.
Articles Referenced:
Dozens of Wagner fighters killed and Russian helicopter destroyed in Mali ambush:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/28/mali-attack-militants-wagner-ambush-soldier-dead-helicopter/
Wagner Group massacre: ‘The victims were bloated and deformed – we could only recognise our friends by their clothes’:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/07/16/wagner-group-massacre-victims-bloated-deformed-could-recognise/
Wagner is trying to reignite civil war in Mali, says US:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/30/wagner-trying-reignite-civil-war-mali-says-us/
Putin sells African leaders ‘regime survival packages’ to win influence, think tank says:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/20/putin-wagner-mercenaries-regime-survival-package-africa/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest. Today we discuss the |
| 0:08.7 | development of drone warfare, the impact of Ukraine's strike on the Morozovsk Air Base and the surreal case of the children of Russian spies who had no idea they were Russian. |
| 0:19.0 | Bravery takes you through the most |
| 0:28.0 | hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:36.4 | The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our unshakable support of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 0:39.2 | Keep stand strong. |
| 0:41.2 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:45.0 | It's Tuesday, the 6th of August, two years and 169 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:52.0 | And today, I'm joined by our Brussels correspondent 29 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:52.6 | And today I'm joined by our Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, senior features writer Ed |
| 0:57.4 | Coming, and our guest is Kyiv-based security analyst Jimmy Rochton. I started by summarising the latest news from Ukraine. |
| 1:08.9 | Well let's start in eastern Ukraine where a Russian missile attack on the city of Harkiv damaged a medical clinic |
| 1:14.4 | on Tuesday. This comes from Harkiv's mayor who put out a statement on telegram. The regional governor said two people |
| 1:20.0 | have been treated for acute stress reactions and said that more people could be under the rubble. |
| 1:24.6 | Local authorities said earlier that the Russian strike on the central part of Harkiv also caused fire. |
| 1:29.8 | Moving west, late on Monday the capital K Kiev was bombarded by Russian missiles and drones, |
| 1:34.6 | authorities said with air defence units intercepting the incoming missiles. |
| 1:38.3 | Sir Hippko, head of Kiev's military authorities, said that there were no damage or casualties. In total yesterday |
| 1:44.5 | Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least three and injured 19 people |
| 1:48.5 | regional authorities reported across the country. Ukraine's Air Force |
| 1:52.1 | claimed to have shot down to a scander M or |
| 1:54.8 | KN 23 ballistic missiles to cruise K-59 cruise missiles and 15 attack drones |
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