Putin turns on his own war cheerleaders & Russia builds new naval base for Black Sea fleet

Day 1,363.


Today, after a 17-year-old girl was killed and 9 others injured
in an overnight Russian missile attack in Kharkiv Oblast, we
return to the dire situation in Pokrovsk, before asking why
Vladimir Putin is targeting his own war cheerleaders in his
latest clampdown. Then we look at the First World War medical
condition being reported on the frontlines in Ukraine, and hear
from an American serving in the Ukrainian army.


Contributors


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


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


Verity Bowman (Journalist). @VerityBowman on X.


Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Chemical Weapons Expert and former Tank
Commander). @hamishdbg on x.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Gas gangrene returns to Ukraine in echoes of First World War
trench warfare (Verity in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/gas-gangrene-ukraine-war-russia-trenches-europe/ 


‘Coffin on wheels’ saves wounded Ukrainian soldier from no-man’s
land (Verity in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/17/robot-coffin-on-wheels-saves-ukrainian-soldier-trapped/ 


Russia suspected of blowing up Polish railway line (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/17/russia-suspected-of-blowing-up-polish-railway-line-ukraine/ 


Putin goes after his own war cheerleaders (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/16/putin-goes-after-his-own-war-cheerleaders/ 


Putin is eating his own supporters. This is how dictators fall
(Hamish in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/17/putin-z-bloggers-suppression-supporters-russia-war-ukraine/ 


Key government representatives advise Zelensky to release Yermak
(Ukrainian Pravda):


https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2025/11/18/8007753/ 


EU eyes €90 Billion Ukraine grant (Bloomberg):


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/eu-pitches-90-billion-ukraine-grant-if-russian-asset-loan-fails 


Construction Accelerates at Planned Russian Navy Base
(Bellingcat):


https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2024/07/30/construction-accelerates-at-planned-russian-navy-base-in-disputed-abkhazia/


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