Satellite images reveal Russian nuclear sites near Europe 'expanding' & sabotage operation by Ukrainian secret agents causes millions in damage

Day 1,209.


Today, after Russia launches a combined missile and drone attack
against Kremenchuk – right in the centre of Ukraine – we consider
an intelligence operation in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad
which caused $5 million worth of damage. Then we hear about a new
play that has just opened in London about Ukraine's experience,
after a deep dive into how Moscow hired African farmers to make
shampoo, before sending them to war.


Contributors:


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


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


Ben Farmer (Africa correspondent). @benfarmer on X.


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Russia hired African farmers to make shampoo, then sent them to
war (Ben Farmer in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/09/russia-sent-african-shampoo-makers-die-ukraine-front-line/ 


The Russia affair in the Swiss secret service (Swiss Info):


https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/the-russia-affair-in-the-swiss-secret-service/89461415 


How Russia recruited a teenage Canadian spy (Reuters):


https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/europe-espionage-teen-spy/ 


Ukrainian intelligence agents attack Russian substation causing
$5 million in damage (Kyiv Independent):


https://kyivindependent.com/hur-agents-ignite-substation-in-russias-kaliningrad-in-sabotage-operation/ 


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