Russia’s new ‘dandelion’ tank armour; Kremlin attacks ‘wet dreams of British perverts’ & how Iran regime collapse would impact Ukraine

Day 1,418.


Today, as thousands remain without power in Kyiv, we examine
President Zelensky’s pledge to carry out more operations “inside”
Russia and analyse Moscow’s latest tank and weapons innovations.
We then unpack an extraordinary outburst from a Russian
spokesperson, who dismissed the “wet dreams of British perverts”,
before considering what the fall of Iran’s regime would mean for
the war in Ukraine. Later, we return to the issue of Ukraine’s
stolen children, with new details on the military training they
are being forced to undergo.


Contributors


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


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


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


With thanks to Olesia Bida (Journalist, The Kyiv
Independent's War Crimes investigations). @olesyabida on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Our sister podcast Battle Lines’ episode discussing flashpoints
in 2026:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3aQpnrqUDE 


UK Defence Secretary John Healey: “I would kidnap Putin” (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/10/john-healey-i-would-kidnap-vladimir-putin/ 


Britain to spend £200m preparing troops for Ukraine (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/09/britain-200m-spend-troops-ukraine-deployment/ 


Russia’s ‘dandelion’ tank armour might just work (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/10/russia-bizarre-tank-defences-dandelion-ukraine-war-turtle/ 


Zelensky hopes reshuffle will give him a better hand at home and
away (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/11/zelensky-hedges-his-bets-with-cabinet-reshuffle/v 


Investigating Russia's military camp system for children (Kyiv
Independent documentary):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZGmv2EQdGk


Russian spies target £70-a-night hotel near Nato HQ (The i):


https://inews.co.uk/news/nato-warns-of-russian-spies-4145755 


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