Putin’s Escalation of the War in Ukraine

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🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In a speech on Wednesday, President Vladimir V. Putin said that he would require hundreds of thousands more Russians to fight in Ukraine — and alarmed the West by once again raising the specter of nuclear force. The mobilization signals that Mr. Putin is turning the war from one of aggression to one of defense, offering clues about what the next phase of the fighting will involve. Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernicee, and this is The Daily.
0:11.8	In a major speech on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin stunned Russia by announcing that he would
0:17.0	require hundreds of thousands more of his citizens to go fight in the war in Ukraine.
0:22.8	And he alarmed the West by saying he was prepared to use nuclear force.
0:26.9	Today, I speak with my colleague Anton Trenovsky about what many see as a turning point for Putin.
0:37.4	It's Thursday, September 22nd.
0:40.7	Anton.
0:44.9	Sabrina.
0:45.9	It's good to have you in the studio.
0:47.5	It's good to be here.
0:49.8	So the last time we talked about Russia and Ukraine on the show, we talked with our colleague
0:55.1	Eric Schmidt.
0:57.1	And he told us about the very sudden, very successful Ukrainian advance into Northeastern
1:04.5	Ukraine.
1:06.3	And at that time, our question was, what would Putin do?
1:12.6	How would he respond?
1:15.1	So I woke up this morning and I looked at my phone and I saw that there was a lot of
1:19.5	news coming out of Russia.
1:22.0	And I immediately thought I need to call Anton and ask him what happened?
1:28.7	What did Putin do?
1:30.7	So he gave a big speech.
1:32.4	His first big address to the nation since February 24th when he announced the invasion.
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