Ukraine-Russia update: Has Zelenskyy’s Kursk gamble paid off?

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

President Zelenskyy’s attack into the Russian-occupied Kursk region of Ukraine was audacious and unexpected. But with Ukrainian resources stretched thin after three years of fighting – and with thousands of North Korean troops arriving in Russia to reinvigorate Putin’s war effort – is it working? Will the alliance between Putin and fellow dictator Kim Jong-Un make a dire conflict worse? And with the result of the US election uncertain, will Western allies finally provide the support Ukraine needs to defeat Russia? Oz Katerji talks to independent foreign policy and security analyst Jimmy Rushton in Kyiv about reporting from the front lines and the prospects for Ukraine, and wider Europe, as the full-scale war approaches the end of its third year. Support This Is Not Drill on Patreon to continue by backing us on Patreon. You’ll get early, ad-free editions, merchandise and more. Written and presented by Oz Katerji. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production. podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.2	It is now approaching 1,000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, near three full years of total war.
0:27.4	After a grueling 2024, fighting back Russian forces in the south and the east, Ukraine precariously holds the front line.
0:36.3	Its resources stretched thin by years of war.
0:39.3	And as President Zelensky and Putin pushed for their own goals in the potential endgame to come,
0:45.3	6,000 miles away from the fighting, the US elections threatened to play a decisive role in the survival of Ukraine.
0:53.3	I'm Oz Kataji, and this is not a drill.
1:21.0	A month on from Volodymy Zelensky unveiling Ukraine's victory plan to global allies,
1:26.7	Russia has intensified its attacks, as
1:29.1	Vladimir Putin seeks military gains while politically shoring Russia's own support through the
1:34.7	BRIC summit in Kazan. One partner Putin can rely on is North Korea's Kim Jong-un, who has reportedly
1:41.9	sent 12,000 soldiers to training camps near Russia's Kursk Oblast.
1:47.5	So, as the war continues to widen, Ukraine undertaking its own incursion into Russian territory
1:53.8	in Kursk, while Russia's relentless ground and air assaults yield territorial gains in a brutal
2:00.3	third year of war.
2:01.9	What does the future hold for Ukraine?
2:04.0	To discuss a difficult winter ahead and his own reporting from Ukraine's front lines,
2:09.9	including his experiences in Kursk, I joined Jimmy Rushden in Kiev.
2:14.7	Jimmy is an independent security analyst and has reported from Ukraine since 2022,
2:20.3	writing in The Telegraph, New Lines Magazine, and The Insider, amongst other leading publications.
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