Putin replaces Sergei Surovikin & the power of Russian propaganda
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Day 323.
Today, Dominic Nicholls and Francis Dearnley discuss yet another significant 24 hours in the military and diplomatic space, including the removal of General Sergei Surovikin as commander of Russian forces, and further developments on the vital question of tank deliveries to Ukraine.
Plus, Francis interviews Dr Jade McGlynn about the tangled ways in which the war is tied up with Russian national identity.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
With thanks to Dr Jade McGlynn.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph, podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.5 | Today, Dominic Nichols and I discuss yet another significant 24 hours in the military and |
| 0:19.0 | diplomatic space, including the removal of General Sergei Serovkin as commander of Russian |
| 0:24.0 | forces and further developments on the vital question of tank deliveries to Ukraine. |
| 0:29.7 | Plus, I talk to Russia expert Dr. Jadmy Glinn about the tangled ways in which the war |
| 0:34.8 | is becoming tied up with Russian national identity. |
| 0:48.7 | Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilized energy markets the world over. |
| 0:54.3 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:00.3 | Every week, day after noon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's |
| 1:03.9 | London newsroom and our team is reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and |
| 1:08.4 | analysis on the war in Ukraine. It's Thursday, the 12th of January, day 323, and to discuss |
| 1:16.1 | the most recent events in Ukraine and around the world, I'm joined once again by our |
| 1:20.6 | Associate Editor, Dominic Nichols. I started by asking Dom about the latest news in the |
| 1:26.1 | military space. |
| 1:29.1 | Hi, Francis. So, yeah, two things. Firstly, we will touch on and then we'll talk unpack it |
| 1:34.6 | a bit more later. I think General Sergei Serovkin, who's Russia's commander of the Ukraine |
| 1:39.6 | theatre. So, in charge of the whole military event in Ukraine, he apparently has been demoted. |
| 1:47.1 | He's been replaced in charge by General Gerasimov. And the Gerasimov is in charge of the |
| 1:53.8 | whole of the Russian military, all the armed forces. So, it's extremely strange. Firstly, |
| 1:59.9 | it's a double hat in. He's in charge of everything now and everything in the future, procurement, |
| 2:05.3 | research development, etc., etc. But also to give him a water fight is very odd. So, we're |
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