How Trump's purges weaken the CIA & Russian ship on fire after drone hit

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Day 1,297.


Today, we dive into Donald Trump’s campaign of revenge against
CIA officials and into new and upcoming sanctions against Russia
as pressure continues to mount following the drone incursion into
the Polish airspace. And finally, we hear the second part of
David Knowles’s work on the fight against corruption Ukraine,
recorded shortly before his death.


Contributors:


Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer).
@adeliepjz on X.


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


With special thanks - as ever - to David Knowles (creator of
'Ukraine: The Latest').


Content Referenced:


Trump’s vengeance against CIA ‘is blinding US to Putin’s threat’


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/12/donald-trump-vengeance-cia-blinding-usa-threat-putin-russia/


Part one of David Knowles’s interview on the fight against
corruption in Ukraine: 


https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/putin-launches-largest-air-attack-of-the-war/id1612424182?i=1000725540765


Charities in David Knowles’s memory:


KHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator
of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:


https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowles


British Heart Foundation fundraiser in memory of David Knowles,
creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:


https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowles


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