Ukraine repels one of the war's largest drone attacks & Russia & Iran’s partnership of defiance against the West (Pt. 1)
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Day 890.
Today, Ukraine repels one of the wars largest drone attacks, we look at the new generation of Russian attack drones & we interview researcher and author Nicole Grajewski on the relationship between Russia and Iran.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
Nicole Grajewski (Researcher and Author). @NicoleGrajewski on X.
Articles Referenced:
Russia unveils its answer to Iran’s Shahed ‘kamikaze drone’ (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):
Moscow to 'train' troops to use nuclear weapons on the battlefield (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):
Nicole's book:
https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/russia-and-iran/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest. Today Ukraine |
| 0:08.6 | repels one of the war's largest drone attacks. We look at the new generation of Russian attack drones and we interview |
| 0:15.2 | researcher and author Nicole Grewsky on the relationship between Russia and Iran. |
| 0:21.1 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:30.0 | The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear our |
| 0:35.6 | unshakable support of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 0:40.9 | Keep standing strong. Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:45.0 | We're strong. |
| 0:46.0 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:48.0 | It's Wednesday the 31st of July. |
| 0:51.0 | Two years and 163 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:55.0 | And today, I'm joined by our assistant comment editor Francis Turnley, |
| 0:59.0 | Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, and our guest is Nicole Grewsky. I started by summarising the latest news from Ukraine. |
| 1:07.0 | Let's start in Ukraine where authorities report that Ukrainian air defence has repelled a massive |
| 1:15.1 | Russian drone attack. The Air Force said it shot down all the incoming projectiles, that was |
| 1:19.9 | 89 drones and one missile, launched by Russia overnight. |
| 1:23.4 | The attack mainly targeted the central region of Kyiv so the capital city and the |
| 1:27.6 | a blast. |
| 1:28.6 | Authorities said that more than 40 of the drones were actually shot down over the |
| 1:32.0 | capital and its outskirts. |
| 1:33.6 | There were no casualties reported and some damage to buildings. |
| 1:36.8 | The city and most of Ukraine were under air raid alerts that were issued at around 8 o'clock |
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