Is the Russia-Ukraine war entering uncharted territory?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
A new phase in the Russia-Ukraine war is continuing to escalate. Ukraine sent US and UK-made missiles into Russia this week, while the Kremlin has loosened its policy for using nuclear weapons. Where does the war go from here?
In this episode:
- Yulia Shapovalova, Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K. Li with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Cole Van Miltenburg, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, a new phase in the Russia-Ukraine war that's continuing to escalate. |
| 0:17.0 | Striking into internationally recognized Russian territory with American-made missiles. |
| 0:24.6 | Russia said the move was a major escalation. |
| 0:26.6 | The U.S. is temporarily closing its embassy in Kiev out of an abundance of caution because |
| 0:33.6 | it has received specific information of a potential significant air attack on the city on Wednesday. |
| 0:41.7 | So why is this happening now and where could things go from here? |
| 0:48.6 | I'm Malika Bilal and this is the take. |
| 0:57.1 | My name is Yulia Shepavala. |
| 0:59.4 | I'm a Moscow correspondent for Old Jazeera English. |
| 1:02.4 | My team and I, we work here in Moscow and we travel around Russia to get information |
| 1:08.5 | and to basically create the best reports we can deliver. |
| 1:13.9 | It's really good to have you, especially because just in the last 2448 hours, |
| 1:19.5 | there has been a flurry of news headlines coming out of Ukraine and Russia. |
| 1:25.1 | Who better to go over them with than you located in the Russian capital, Moscow? |
| 1:34.0 | What have these last couple of days been like for you? What have you been keeping your eye on? |
| 1:40.8 | Well, quite a lot of news, of course, and first and foremost, we know that Ukraine has received |
| 1:49.1 | permission from the Biden administration to use American supply missiles to strike deeper into |
| 1:57.8 | Russian territory. |
| 1:59.5 | We know that President Putin, a Russian president, the Russian president, |
| 2:03.8 | has signed a new nuclear decree. |
| 2:08.2 | Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally lowered the threshold for his country's use of |
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