Hunting Russian soldiers with Ukraine's ace drone unit & tank brigade goes AWOL in France

Day 1,045.


Today, after the latest updates from the battlefield, we hear
about the cutting edge drones being used to wage war against
Moscow's forces, and the moral conundrums they raise. Plus, we
consider the state of the Russian economy as we enter 2025.


Contributors:


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence).
@DomNicholls on X.


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Francis Farrell (Report, The Kyiv Independent). @francisjfarrell
on X.


Content referenced:


‘We’re in the end game’: Why Kyiv’s blow to Russian gas threatens
a European energy war (Matt Oliver in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/why-ukraine-gas-pipeline-closure-moscow-biggest-defeat/


Donald Trump will be no friend of the Kremlin (Ambrose Evans
Pritchard in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/the-biggest-threat-to-putins-regime-is-donald-trump/


With Ukraine's ace drone unit hunting Russians (Francis Farrell
in The Kyiv Independent):


https://youtu.be/s4uaKynSRx4?feature=shared


The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics (Full-Length
Kyiv Independent Documentary):


https://youtu.be/SVxY5ihyVnA?feature=shared


Flagship Ukrainian brigade trained in France goes AWOL (The
Telegraph:)


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/02/ukrainian-soldiers-go-awol-before-shot-fired/


Russia 'shoots down Santa' (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/27/russia-shoots-down-santa-claus-in-propaganda-video/





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