The Ukraine-Russia War Is Entering a New Phase

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, David French, and Mike Nelson to discuss the “new phase” of the Ukraine-Russia war, the “imminent” deal with Iran, and the partisan cheerleading for Graham Platner and Ken Paxton. The Agenda: —Exaggerating Ukraine's demise —U.S. support for Ukraine —The imminent Iran deal —Similarities between Paxton and Platner —The poison of partisan cheerleading —NWYT: The Great American State Fair Show notes: —Lydia Moynihan on Ken Paxton —Kevin Williamson on the 250 celebration —Mike Nelson on the Iran quagmire —Iran’s New ‘Nuclear’ Weapon The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including audio versions of all our articles and newsletters—⁠click here⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	Welcome to the dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes. On today's roundtable, we'll look at the latest
0:35.8	developments in the Ukraine-Russia
0:37.5	war and how the battlefield may be shifting in Kiev's favor, and we'll spend a moment on the
0:43.0	allegedly imminent deal with Iran. Then we'll spend a few minutes on toxic partisanship and the
0:49.4	frustrating red-blue cheerleading for moral cretons like Ken Paxton and Graham Platinum.
0:55.7	And finally, not worth your time.
0:57.6	Donald Trump, the UFC, Millie Vanilli, the Freedom 250 celebration, and despite all of that,
1:05.1	the continued greatness of America.
1:07.3	I'm joined today by my dispatch colleague Jonah Goldberg and dispatch contributors David French and Mike Nelson.
1:13.5	Let's dive right in.
1:31.9	Mike, I want to start with you and start with some good news for a change.
1:39.0	We have been seeing persistent reports on the Russia-Ukraine war, both in the popular press and also from military analysts, such as your former colleagues at the Institute for the
1:43.9	study of War,
1:45.0	that the war is turning or maybe even has turned, that Ukraine has gained battlefield advantages,
1:53.1	that Ukraine has built momentum, that Russia is increasingly struggling. There was a UK
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