'Devastating' HIMARS ambush - Ukrainian troops lure in Russians

Day 1,069.


Today, on the 80th International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we
report on an operation in Kursk Oblast last week that apparently
saw a large number of Russian troops lured into a trap, and we
look at the literally unbelievable election win for Lukashenko in
Belarus - returned to power with, we are expected to believe, 87%
of the vote.


Contributors:


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


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


With thanks to Shashank Joshi (Defence editor at The Economist).
@shashj on X.


Articles Referenced:


Israel ‘sends weapons captured in Lebanon to
Ukraine’ (The Telegraph)


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/26/israel-sends-weapons-captured-from-lebanon-to-ukraine/


Zelensky says allies should work on ‘format’ for peace
talks with Russia (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/25/russia-ukraine-war-zelensky-format-for-peace-talks-putin/


Why is Ukraine struggling to mobilise its citizens to
fight? (AlJazeera):


https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/1/23/why-is-ukraine-struggling-to-mobilise-its-citizens-to-fight


Russia focuses on Soviet victims of WW2 as officials not
invited to Auschwitz ceremony (BBC):


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyw0vkzkzdo


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