Pentagon announces ‘massive’ military aid package & reviewing Russian rockets with former NASA Astronaut Terry Virts
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Day 948.
Today, further to updates from the war zone, we look at the new military aid package announced by the US for Kyiv, discuss the upcoming meeting between President Zelensky and Donald Trump, and review Russian rockets and the battle for space with a former commander of the International Space Station.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Terry Virts, former US Air Force F-16 pilot, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and currently a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics, an energy think tank. @AstroTerry on X.
Content Referenced:
U.S. Intelligence Stresses Risks in Allowing Long-Range Strikes by Ukraine (New York Times):
Children lost to the war (Ukrainian Government):
https://childrenofwar.gov.ua/en/
Ukraine Focus NGO, delivering Ambulances to Ukraine:
For more information, visit:
For Francis's episode on his journey with Ukraine Focus, see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHOEYMfizow
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you |
| 0:08.3 | slide by on track to your |
| 0:15.0 | there, |
| 0:20.0 | the care in the world as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:21.0 | This is how travels should feel and on our trains it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast feel good travel. I'm Frances Dernley and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:40.0 | Today, further to updates from the war zone, we look at the new military aid package announced |
| 0:44.8 | by the US for Kyve, discuss the upcoming meeting between President Zelensky and Donald Trump, |
| 0:50.8 | and review Russian rockets and the Battle for Space with a former commander of the International Space Station. |
| 0:57.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:07.0 | The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our unshakable support of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 1:18.0 | Keep standing strong. |
| 1:20.0 | Nobody's going to break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians. |
| 1:25.0 | It's Friday, the 27th of September, two years and 221 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:33.7 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor of Defence Dominic Nichols and |
| 1:37.7 | dialing in from the West Coast, Terry Verts, former US Air Force F-16 pilot, NASA astronaut, and currently a senior fellow at the National |
| 1:46.0 | Center for Energy Analytics. |
| 1:48.5 | But first, I turned to Dom for the latest from the battlefield. |
| 1:53.0 | Well hello Francis, hello folks, hello Terry, welcome back. |
| 1:57.0 | F-16 International Space Station. |
| 2:00.0 | There's no gazelle, is it, mate? |
| 2:02.0 | Right, more details coming in on the US military support for Ukraine |
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