Russia invasion 'called Putin’s bluff' & New York 'falls' to Moscow
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Day 910.
Today, we examine the latest from Kursk as Ukrainian forces rush to close the pocket thought to contain thousands of Russian troops. Plus, we hear how Ukraine is preparing an anticipated Prisoner of War exchange, and why the issue of returning Asov fighters is now a political question for President Zelensky. Lastly, we consider Russian advances - including the alleged fall of New York.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Svitlana Morenets (Ukrainian Journalist). @SvMorenets on X.
Content Referenced:
Oxford Event: Serhii Plokhy talks to Francis Dearnley (27th August):
Tickets Available here:
https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2024/august-27/chernobyl-roulette
The mysterious middle-men helping Russia’s war machine (The Economist):
https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/08/19/the-mysterious-middle-men-helping-russias-war-machine
Ukraine’s extraordinary incursion into Kursk has changed the narrative of the war – but is a high-risk strategy (Jack Watling in The Guardian):
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dom Nichols and this is Ukraine the latest. Today we examine the |
| 0:07.1 | latest from Kursk as Ukrainian forces Russia to close the pocket thought to |
| 0:11.3 | contain thousands of Russian troops and we hear how Ukraine is |
| 0:14.6 | preparing an anticipated prisoner of war exchange and why the issue of returning |
| 0:19.1 | Azov fighters is now a political question for President Zellensky. |
| 0:23.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:32.0 | The first duty of my government is security and defense |
| 0:37.0 | to make clear our unshakable support of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 0:43.4 | Keep stand strong. |
| 0:45.2 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:47.2 | We're strong. |
| 0:48.2 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:49.7 | It's Tuesday, the 20th of August, two years and 183 days since the full-scale |
| 0:56.4 | invasion began. Today I'm joined by assistant comment editor Francis |
| 1:00.3 | Dernley and Ukrainian journalist Svetlina Modernets. |
| 1:03.9 | I started with updates from the battle fronts in Ukraine and Russia. |
| 1:11.0 | Ukrainian forces have continued to marginally advance in Kursk Oblast, mainly to the |
| 1:16.4 | northeast and southeast, so that sector of Sudza. They're also though pushing southwest from Khodonovo attempting to close the gap to the |
| 1:25.8 | river Seam so as to ensure Russian forces caught between the river and the border with Ukraine |
| 1:32.2 | are trapped Now the bridges appear to |
| 1:35.5 | have been destroyed. It's worth noting there has been no confirmation from |
| 1:39.2 | Ukrainian authorities that that the westernmost bridge of the three near the town of |
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