Ukraine liberates Urozhaine, modified 'anti-drone' tanks spotted & the 'forgotten' war that shaped Putin
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 539.
Today, we discuss an array of stories: from the fallout of Kyiv’s recapture of Urozhaine, sightings of modified British Challenger 2 tanks on the frontline, and the long term implications of the largely forgotten Russo-Georgian War, which took place 15 years ago last week.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter.
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @JKJourno on Twitter.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank commander). @HamishDBG on Twitter.
To listen to David's interview with celebrated Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy, scroll to the bottom of this article and hit play on the audio player: Serhii Plokhy interview: ‘Putin wants control of Ukraine – but he is prepared to go for plan B’
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:03.2 | Podcasts. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:15.2 | Today we discuss an array of stories from the fallout of Kiev's recapture of Urugeni, |
| 0:20.4 | sightings of modified British Challenger II tanks on the front line, |
| 0:24.3 | and the long-term implications of the largely forgotten war between Russia and Georgia, |
| 0:29.0 | which took place 15 years ago last week. |
| 0:32.6 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:41.8 | We need a military strategy for Ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield to win the war. |
| 0:48.4 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:55.2 | Every weekday we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's London newsroom |
| 0:59.3 | and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:06.1 | It's Thursday, the 17th of August, one year and 174 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:13.9 | And today I'm joined by our Russia correspondent, Natalia Vasilyevna, |
| 1:17.8 | James Kielner from the Telegraph's Moscow Desk, and former tank commander, Hamish Dubretten Gordon. |
| 1:24.0 | I started, however, with the major military and political developments of the past 24 hours. |
| 1:31.0 | Dom reported yesterday on the apparent liberation of the settlement of Urugeni in the industrial |
| 1:36.3 | Donjesa region by Ukrainian forces, and since then we have had that confirmed by various sources. |
| 1:42.8 | Kiev has claimed its forces had liberated the settlement as part of a grinding push |
| 1:47.5 | to rest Russian forces along the southern front in Ukraine. |
| 1:51.6 | Deputy Defense Minister Hanomalia announced Urugeni was liberated. |
| 1:55.4 | Our defenses are entrenched at the outskirts. The offensive continues. |
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