Russia surges to border in Kursk as Ukraine holds line in Donbas

Day 1,108.


Today, Russian forces split Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region
and advance towards the border. Meanwhile, Russia targets a
Ukrainian gas facility with missiles and drones just after
Zelensky calls for a truce on attacks on infrastructure. On
the political side, we discuss the consequences of the withdrawal
of US intelligence to Ukraine, the French nuclear shield offer,
and Russia’s response to the idea of European peacekeeping forces
in Ukraine. We also look to Washington for the Hegseth and Healey
summit. Lastly, we sit down with Sir Bill Browder and Yuliya
Ziskina to discuss why Russian frozen assets should be
transferred to Ukraine for defence spending and
reparations. 


Contributors:


Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Narrative Podcast Producer).
@adeliepjz on X.


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


Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor). @SheridanDani
on X.


Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank
Commander). @HamishDBG on X


With thanks to Sir William Browder KCMG (Head of Global Magnitsky
Justice campaign and author) @Billbrowder on X, and Juliya
Ziskina (Senior Legal Fellow at Razom for Ukraine). @jziskina on
X.


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Content Referenced:


Danielle Sheridan in QWashington DC on the Hegseth-Healy summit


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/06/calling-trump-pro-russia-garbage-hegesth-ukraine/


Hamish De Bretton-Gordon in the Telegraph, ‘Trump is behaving
like a businessman, not a Commander-in-Chief’


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/06/trump-behaving-like-businessman-not-commander-in-chief/


The Telegraph on the US intelligence blackout


Le Monde’s interview with Oleksyi, commander in an air defence
unit near Odesa with US cutting military aid


Le Monde on Chinese citizens enrolling in Russian forces


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