Ukrainian raid destroys Mi-8 helicopters in Crimea & Poland scrambles jets as Russia bombs Ukraine

Day 1,307.


Today, as the UN Security Council debates Russia’s latest
airspace violations, we ask why Estonia held fire – unlike Turkey
in 2015 – before hearing frontline perspectives from Ukrainian
soldiers with The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell, and
exploring Russia’s answer to the Eurovision Song Contest.


Contributors:


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


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


Francis Farrell (Report, The Kyiv Independent).
@francisjfarrell on X.


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Content referenced:


Francis Farrell’s reporting at The Kyiv Independent:


https://kyivindependent.com/author/francis-farrell/ 


Intervision: Putin’s rival to Eurovision (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/20/intervision-putins-version-of-eurovision/ 


Putin prepares to tax Russia’s rich as war chest runs dry (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/19/putin-prepares-tax-russias-rich-war-chest-runs-dry/ 


EU brings forward Russian gas ban after pressure from Trump (Joe
Barnes in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/19/eu-brings-forward-russian-gas-ban-after-pressure-from-trump/


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