QUICK HIT: What It Feels Like During A Russian Drone Attack ~ Plus: Why Peace Keeps Failing: Ukraine, Gaza & the Limits of U.S. Power
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
5 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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War correspondent and writer Hollie McKay joins us to discuss the latest escalation between Russia and Ukraine; Holllie shares her experience on the ground in Ukraine and what it's like to live through a Russian drone attack.
Plus ~ what to know about the latest chapter in the war between Israel and Hamas. Why controversy surrounds a new humanitarian group operating in Gaza and why Israel did not want to work through traditional channels to allow aid to return to Palestinians.
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| 0:59.6 | We have threats fired in all directions. Russia, Ukraine, America and back again. Plus, aid |
| 1:05.1 | arrives in Gaza and ignites more questions about what's next in the war between Israel and |
| 1:09.6 | Hamas. War correspondent Holly McKay on what to know and why it matters. |
| 1:13.4 | I'm Jenna. |
| 1:14.4 | And this is Smarter News. |
| 1:23.1 | Well, as per usual, let's just jump right in with Holly McKay, who's joining us to talk about |
| 1:27.4 | some of the biggest international stories of the week. And Holly, I'm just going to read |
| 1:30.9 | a couple lines that I pulled from the Associated Press Newswire, trying to find the best |
| 1:35.9 | information on a developing story, which continues to be Russia's war with Ukraine. Even phrasing |
| 1:42.0 | it that way, by the way, can be controversial. So I just want to |
| 1:45.3 | acknowledge that, that Russia will say something different than how the West speaks to this |
| 1:51.2 | conflict. But let me just, let's just catch up real quick. So here's one line. Russian forces |
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