Prigozhin 'shot out of the sky' in presumed assassination by Putin
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Day 546.
Today, we react to the extraordinary - but perhaps not unexpected - news of Yevgeny Prigozhin's death and analyse what the future might hold for the Wagner group. Plus, we delve into news that Norway is set to donate F-16s to the war effort, Ukrainian claims to have retaken Robotyne, and Russian missile strikes that continue across the country. Later, Spectator journalist Svitlana Morenets joins the panel to discuss her investigation into Kyiv's faltering medical care for soldiers.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Associate Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
Svitlana Morenets (Spectator Journalist). @SvMorenets on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
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Read Svitlana's piece: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/ukraines-real-killing-fields-an-investigation-into-the-wars-first-aid-crisis/
Watch this week's Defence In Depth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5mriUjZi_g
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:02.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:03.0 | ...podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm David Knowles, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, we analyse the death of Yvgeny Purgoshin, leader of the Vagna Group, |
| 0:20.0 | who perished in a plane crash along with several of his closest confidants. |
| 0:23.0 | We look at that incident, reaction inside Russia, and ask what this means for Putin, |
| 0:28.0 | the Vagna Group, and the war. |
| 0:31.0 | We also welcome Ukrainian journalists, Fetlana Moronets, |
| 0:34.0 | who's been investigating the problems of medical provision in the Ukrainian armed forces. |
| 0:39.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:48.0 | We need a military strategy for Ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on battlefield to win the war. |
| 0:55.0 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:00.0 | Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Telagovs London Newsroom, |
| 1:05.0 | and our teams reporting on the ground, to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:11.0 | It's Thursday, the 24th of August, one year and 181 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:17.0 | And today, I'm joined by our assistant comment editor Francis Dernley, |
| 1:21.0 | senior foreign correspondent Roland Olephant, associate editor Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:25.0 | and spectator journalist Fetlana Moronets, calling us live from Kiev. |
| 1:30.0 | I started by asking Francis about the extraordinary news that came out of Russia last night, |
| 1:35.0 | the apparent assassination of Evgeny Pregoshen. |
| 1:39.0 | Thanks, David. If one shoots at a king, one must not miss, and if an insurrection is begun, |
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