The DSR Daily Brief for May 17, 2023: Debt Limit Talks, Biden's G7 Trip, Russia and Ukraine Attacks Intensify

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The two hundred ninetieth episode of the DSR Daily Brief Stories Cited in the Episode: As Ukrainian Attack Looms, Putin Faces Setbacks and Disunity in Russian Forces Biden launches Asia trip this week aimed at taking on China Debt limit progress as Biden, McCarthy name top negotiators to avert national default EU balks at adding Russian gas pipeline ban to sanctions package Nicolas Sarkozy Sarkozy to wear tag after losing corruption appeal Ukraine denies Russia destroyed Patriot missile defense system Creepy, barnacle-covered demon dolls found — and now you can own one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.2	It's May 17, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Chris Cotnor.
0:58.2	Our top stories from international outlets this morning.
1:02.2	According to the New York Times, drones have exploded over the Kremlin.
1:06.2	Russian military aircraft are crashing before they even reach Ukrainian airspace.
1:12.2	A Russian mercenary boss is releasing one profanity lace tirade after another,
1:18.2	claiming that corrupt Russian generals who all wreak of expensive perfume are sending soldiers to their deaths.
1:26.2	And Ukraine's long anticipated counteroffensive hasn't even started in earnest.
1:32.2	Those problems are now threatening to derail what just weeks ago had seemed finally to be a rare military success in Russia's grasp.
1:41.2	Victory in the long-running bloody battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Buckmoot.
1:47.2	Increased support from Western backers is starting to help Ukraine on the battlefield, another challenge from Moscow.
1:55.2	Patriot missile batteries supplied by the United States are offering better protection against Russian attacks in the Ukrainian capital,
2:04.2	and long-range cruise missiles from Britain are enabling Ukrainian forces to strike farther behind Russian lines.
2:12.2	Pricing loyalty above all else, Mr. Putin appears prepared to stomach sniping among his war leaders as long as it doesn't threaten him personally.
2:22.2	Among Russia's elite, business leaders appear to have grown accustomed to the idea of a year's long war and have adapted supply chains
2:32.2	and their own consumption and travel patterns to Western sanctions.
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