Spectacular explosion 'wipes out' Russian ammo dump & on patrol with Ukraine's Black Sea fleet

Day 1,226.


Today, as the fallout from Donald Trump freezing US weapons to
Ukraine continues, in a special dispatch, we join the Ukrainian
navy out on the Black Sea during an air attack on Odesa. Then we
speak to the creator of Wargame – the new podcast simulating an
attack by Russia on British soil, and hear what lessons it offers
countries across the Western world.





Contributors:


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


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


With thanks to our guest Deborah Haynes (Security and Defence
Editor at Sky News). @haynesdeborah on X.





Content Referenced:


Our Black Sea Video Dispatch:


YouTube Version -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YjuuQz414  


Telegraph Version -
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/03/russia-attacks-cargo-ships-ports-black-sea-ukraine-war/


The Wargame - Sky News and Tortoise Media podcast simulates a
Russian attack on UK: 


https://news.sky.com/story/the-wargame-new-sky-news-and-tortoise-media-podcast-series-simulates-a-russian-attack-on-uk-13371462 


North Korea is sending Putin 30,000 more troops, Kyiv says (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/03/north-korea-russia-troops-ukraine/ 


Trump Is Playing a Cynical Game With Ukraine (Jake Sullivan in
The New York Times):


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/opinion/trump-ukraine-weapons.html 


Ukraine Can Still Win (Michael Carpenter in Foreign Affairs):


https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukraine-can-still-win





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