Ukraine counter-attacks with lightning new offensive into Russia & Moscow 'planned attacks' on South Korea and Japan
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,048.
Today, we discuss breaking news of a surprise counterattack in Kursk and its implications, consider how Kyiv is positioning itself before Trump's inauguration, and discuss the elections upcoming in Europe in 2025.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
Content referenced:
Top Russian general betrays Putin’s worst fears as Ukraine attacks Kursk again (The Telegraph):
Zelensky's Interview with Lex Fridman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u321m25rKXc
Syrskyi orders to reinforce French-trained brigade with drones after reports of mismanagement (Kyiv Independent):
Russia trained officers for attacks on Japan and South Korea (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/d345a6e7-2d72-4dcb-9c12-76d571ba75eb?shareType=nongift
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, we discuss breaking news of a surprise counter-attack in Kursk and its implications. |
| 0:14.0 | Later, we consider how Keeve is posturing itself before Trump's inauguration |
| 0:20.0 | and discuss the elections upcoming in Europe in 2025. |
| 0:25.5 | Gravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships |
| 0:31.2 | to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:35.1 | The first duty of my government is security and defence |
| 0:39.1 | to make clear our unshakable support of NATO |
| 0:42.2 | and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 0:47.9 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:50.0 | We're strong. |
| 0:51.2 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 0:52.7 | It's Monday, the 6th of January, |
| 0:55.6 | two years and 311 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:00.4 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor for defence, Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:04.4 | dialing in from Berlin, our Berlin correspondent James Rothwell, |
| 1:08.4 | and former tank commander and chemical weapons expert, Hamish de Breton Gordon. |
| 1:13.5 | First though, over to Dom for the latest on the battlefield situation. Let's start with Kursk. So, |
| 1:19.2 | on Sunday morning, Ukrainian forces resumed their offensive operations in at least three areas within |
| 1:26.0 | the salient they currently hold in Kersk Oblast that's |
| 1:29.7 | inside Russia. So as a brief recap, Ukraine move forces over the border into Russia on August |
| 1:36.3 | the 6th last year. This is about 100 kilometres northwest of Harkev, the area we're talking about. |
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