The boot is on the other foot: Ukraine’s surprise incursion
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The Economist
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🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Part of Russia is under foreign control for the first time since the second world war. We ask about the strategy behind the surprise raid—which may not be the last. The Paris Olympics were, all told, a tremendous success, with some lessons for future games (11:47). And the 3-D holographic displays coming to a car dashboard near you (20:35).
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| 0:47.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:58.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:05.0 | The Summer Olympic Games have come to a close and Paris as much to be proud of. |
| 1:12.0 | We ask about the lessons learned from the first real |
| 1:15.0 | capital city center games. And those head-up displays you might have seen in |
| 1:21.5 | some cars are about to get a big boost from another |
| 1:24.9 | dimension. Instead of a reflected 2D image of, say, your speed, get ready for full-on holographic 3D images and indicators projected by lasers. |
| 1:37.0 | But first. For the first time since the Second World War, part of Russia is now under foreign control. |
| 1:57.0 | For the first time since the Second World War, part of Russia is now under foreign control. |
| 2:03.0 | In fact, as a senior Ukrainian security source told me at the weekend, |
| 2:08.0 | some of the Ukrainian units have moved a full 40 kilometers inside Russia towards the regional capital of Korsk. |
| 2:17.0 | Oliver Carroll is our Ukraine correspondent. |
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