Russia suffers deadliest day as Kursk counter-offensive falters & a soldier remembers 'euphoric' Kharkiv counteroffensive
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Day 994.
Today, we look at renewed Russian efforts to retake Kursk before Trump returns to the White House, consider the evidence Europe is responding to the threat of an American withdrawal, and assess potential new appointments in for the new government Washington. Then, later, we hear the euphoric memories of a Ukrainian officer who served in the historic Kharkiv counteroffensive.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With special thanks to our guest, a Ukrainian officer we shall not name who served in the historic Kharkiv counteroffensive.
Content referenced:
Putin rushes to recapture Kursk from Ukrainians before Trump takes office (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/11/putin-kursk-assault-ukraine-trump-north-korea/
Donald Trump expected to nominate China hawk Marco Rubio for secretary of state (FT):
https://www.ft.com/content/5ec67430-7c68-4783-bf88-92c82e9d7f6f
Brussels to free up billions of euros for defence and security from EU budget (FT):
https://www.ft.com/content/eb0de7f4-5ba1-460a-a83d-1a7302fc1536
Russian forces damage Kurakhove Reservoir dam in Donetsk Oblast (Kyiv Independent)
Starmer to demand Biden hands Ukraine missing $20bn before Trump takes over (The Telegraph):
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| 0:44.7 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:49.5 | Today, we look at renewed Russian efforts to retake Kursk before Trump returns to the White |
| 0:54.1 | House. Consider evidence Europe is returns to the White House. |
| 0:54.8 | Consider evidence Europe is responding to the threat of an American withdrawal |
| 0:58.7 | and assess potential new appointments in the future government in Washington. |
| 1:03.1 | Then, later, we hear a Ukrainian soldier's euphoric memories of the historic Harkiv counteroffensive. |
| 1:10.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:20.4 | The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our unshakable support |
| 1:26.6 | of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 1:30.8 | Keith stands strong. Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukraine is. |
| 1:38.1 | It's Tuesday, the 12th of November, two years and 268 days since the full-scale invasion began. And today I'm joined here |
| 1:48.1 | in London by our Associate Editor of Defence, Dominic Nichols. And over to him, first of all, |
| 1:54.1 | as ever, for the latest news from the battlefield. Well, thanks, Francis. Let's start in Kursk. |
| 2:03.7 | We think Vladimir Putin, well, he's said to have deployed 50,000 Russian and North Korean |
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