The Intelligence: stalemate in Ukraine
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 2 November 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
General Valery Zaluzhny concedes that five months of counter-offensive have not gained much—and can see from history why the impasse may be impassable. Paris is starting to nip at London’s heels in the battle for supremacy in the art world (10:27). And India’s influencers battle to teach the country’s youth about sex—because the government will not (17:16).
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| 0:42.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm your host Jason Palmer. |
| 0:47.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:52.0 | I hate to bring up that whole William the Conqueror thing, but since the year 1066, |
| 1:01.0 | the French and the English have been battling it out, with swords at first and later guns. |
| 1:06.0 | Our correspondent says the vying for supremacy is now playing out in a more refined arena. |
| 1:12.0 | And India's Hindu nationalist leaders are really squeamish when it comes to talking about sex. |
| 1:19.0 | But somebody's got to tell the youth about the facts of life. |
| 1:22.0 | Since schools aren't doing it, social media influencers and brands are feeling the knowledge gap. |
| 1:34.0 | But first... |
| 1:37.0 | In Ukraine, there isn't just spring, summer, autumn and winter. |
| 1:41.0 | There's another season known as Bezderizia in Ukrainian or Rasputitsa in Russian. |
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