Day 327. Today, we cover the deadly Russian strike on an apartment block in Dnipro in central Ukraine that killed dozens of men, women, and children.
Plus, we look at the extraordinary news on Saturday that Britain will send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, and ask whether this is a turning point in Western support for the Ukrainian war effort.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
James Kilner (Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter.
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48 Comments
We cant wait for the challenger on the battlefield. The Russians are going to teach the Brits a Lesson…bring it on…in less than 4 months the Ukrainians will be asking for something else…
No money for our own public workers but enough to waste money on continuing this war…
Lies and misinformation from the puppets of the united snakes!
This war has nothing to do with Russia and everything to do with the Yankee empire money laundering in Ukraine while 10% goes to the big guy.
The only way to stop the devastation of Ucraine by Russian bombardments is to supply Ucraine whith lots of Patriot systems,tanks,Himars and ammunition that can reach Crimea and the Russian bases close to the border.
This is such b.s. ……. As own country suffers a legalised invasion, the cost of living has skyrocket as and everything is going to sh*t….. our government is giving £ hand over fist to support a war we have nothing to do with…… wake up
Some Germans are in the pockets of the Russians 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
How long have the Germans been collaborating with the Russians,?😡😡😡😡😡😡
We have no need for tanks they are useless against the invasion of rubber boats arriving in the UK every day. Even Hilter couldn't invade Britain, but that's because we defended our borders !!! Sad times for the UK. Good luck to the Ukraine. I hope this hardware is successful at hitting the right targets in your hands
Russian Empire is an empty phrase by organized crime Federation of Criminals. There is no empire, no moral people.
sorry but it's absolutely impossible to understand the mumbling guy
This is a US/UK proxy war against Russia that the west has started and continue to fight until the last Ukrainian.
End of the announcement.
according to our liars we are broke so how can we afford a Dunkirk style disaster?
RUSSIAS BUTCHERY WOULD BE DIMINISHED OF ONLY ONLY A CERTAIN COWARDLY LION WERE A LITTLE MORE BRAVE, BUT SADLY PUTIN HAS COWARDISED CERTAIN LEADERS, & SO PUTIN PLAYS THE ROOSTER SCARING THE CHICKENS. AS CIVILIANS PAY THE PRICE, WITH UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO STOP THE SLSUTER, WITH THE SMALL AMOUNTS OF WEAPONRY GIVEN, COMPARED TO WHAT RUSSIA COUNTS ON, & EVEN GETS FROM BELARUS, CHECHNIA'S DICTATOR, SYRIAS DICTATOR, N. KOREA'S DICTATOR, NICARAGUA'S & VENEZUELAS DICTATORS, IRAN'S DICTATORSHIP REGIME & SPONSOR OF TERRORISM, & TO LIMIT WHAT HELP UKRAINE GETS, BY GERMANIES CHANCELLOR, IS SO WRONG, HE WHO SHOULD REALIZE UKRAINE IS FIGHTING AGAINST A TYRANNY THAT IF LEFT TO GROW, GERMANY WILL BE SUFFERING RUSSIA'S BRUTAL THREAT NUCLEAR PRONE SOVIET EMPIRE ONCE DEVOURING NEIGHBORS UNCHECKED, & ONLY NOW WORSE THANKS TO COWARDS, & IM GLAD IN WW2 COWARDS DIDN'T FIGHT HITLER. OR THE WIRLD WOULD BE A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD OF EXTINGUISHED RACES, ENSLAVED ENTIRE NATIONS, OF COWARDS, OR MAYBE TOO SCARED OF HIM, AS NOW WE HAVE OF PUTIN THE BOOGIE MAN TO THE GULLIBLE. AS IF PUTIN & ENTIRE REGIME WERE SUICIDAL.
Expect an ammunition plant to blow up soon inside Russia.
BS from official
Actually that's a great idea, if Britain hand over all their Challenger 2's and save the cost of upgrade and then back up the logistics for Ukraine with ammunition and spare parts, they could so as Poland has done and buy Korean under License. This will give Ukraine the numbers it needs with some sort of nominal payment to England out of the war chest. Maybe a decent amount of the Warrior IFV' as well?
those peasants had better of paid for them with the money we've wasted on these leeches
Another great episode, Thanks.
Thankyou for your daily podcasts .On following a further podcast on u tube ,namely Inside Russia with Konstatine he has stated that a further formal mobilisation will not be announced officially but is actually happening now .
It will be nice to know, how ukraine is dealing with IMF debt. ????? Are the paying, still? Is the short amount of people they have to spent on : public spending? ??? So, the bank is ACTUALLY happy with that ? !!
I hate that Rishi Sunak line at the beginning. He sounds like some kind of market analyst. He's a pygmy in comparison to Boris.
Thanks to the Western leaders’ bare minimal arming of the UA, it is looking rather like the Russians have regained momentum. Not only will 14 Challengers or a handful of Marders or Bradley’s make hardly any difference, but the Russians will be encouraged to continue to fight on given the spineless behavior of the West and their continuing paltry donations of old hand-me-downs.
I cannot believe the Japanese Prime Minister was subject to such a horrible statement. Russia needs to keep getting itself checked by Ukraine and the west
Sending weapons seems solution but I don't think. Facilitate negotiation.
I don't care if your pro west or pro russia sending missiles into apartment blocks is an absolute disgrace.
What the F*ck!I thought this wasn't our fight.
I thought Russians were losing and running out of weapons?
It was a Ukrainian strike..again..
Ukraine is losing.
The world has rallied around Russia and Putin.
The age of corrupt puppet governments like zelenskyy and regime change is coming to end.
Onward to victory 🇷🇺🇧🇾👍..gfd
If Ukraine are too dumb to arm themselves, how is that our problem. We're a small island yet we have to pay for their war
Think about it, we're sending our main battle tank to fight Russia. A Man with 4000 nukes ..
It seems crazy to me that, given Mr Putins work history, he must be fully aware that all the people he hates most, CIA EU MI6 etc etc are all crying laughing at him. It's very odd.
PMC Wagner Group is the most trusted name in pest control, successfully eradicating both domestic & foreign pests in Ukraine 👍👍🇷🇺🇷🇺
SLAVA UKRAINE BLACKOUT !!!
PMC Wagner Group is the most trusted name in pest control, successfully eradicating both domestic & foreign cockroaches in Ukraine
C'mon everyone, this is our chance to kill off the world's NO.1 enemy, lets destroy Russia and Communism once and for all !!
We skulk at the back on our island, telling countries on the front line with Russia to weaken their defences by giving their valuable hard to replace weapons to Ukraine ? They won't be getting them back.
Many, perhaps all, have a backup state or country in such a situation, whether they like it or not. For some it is Israel and for some it is Russia. But if the head of the REGIME is indecisive, and has two reserve states England and Israel. He(The Actor) is not really with those he represents, and he has already emigrated.
× "Blessed are the foolish, theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
The Intelligence Resource quoted is correct about physical Russian military capabilities. However, having tanks and ammo equal to current reduced levels is not the overwhelming quantity to rapidly advance like Russia used in the early part of the war pre-HIMARS. This greatly degrades Russian capabilities.
The Ukrainians WILL have a massive Donbas Offensive which will execute in 2 sub-Offensives. I call these the Luhansk Offensive to Starobelsk, then Sieverdonetsk, and finally Luhansk City. The simultaneous Donetsk Offensive is a thrust to Olenivka and Starobeshevo with a security Brigade securing Berdiansk.
The Donbas Offensive mirrors Hannibal’s great battle plan to defeat superior Roman forces at Cannae. The Russians will be nearly surrounded with only a narrow exit of 1 major road to Taganrog, Russia. Ukrainian artillery with smart shells on M777 and HIMARS will target Russian concentrations. Ukrainian aircraft will attack Russian artillery and fleeing Russians on the major Highway To Hell. Then Ukrainian Units spearheaded with NATO tanks and IFVs will liberate all lightly defended villages and towns driving Russians into increasingly greater and denser concentrations made for artillery attacks. This will replicate Lyman 2.0. Those Russians wearing Ukrainian uniforms, Ukrainian boots, Ukrainian rifles, or possessing stolen civilian property will be shot as looters and not treated as POWs.
Ukrainian MI and MP Units will screen all POWs and civilian detainees. They will need time to determine who are war criminals, mercenaries, collaborators, and Russia want-to-bes. Some of these will be tried and sentenced to war clean up operations. Some will be repatriated to Russia. Some could be executed or sentenced to long imprisonments.
Ukrainians will target the Kerch Bridge with Neptune missiles as soon as Berdiansk is secure. All Russian ships in the Azov Sea will also be targets.
After Luhansk City and Donetsk City are secure, Ukrainians will push their defense lines to the Ukraine-Russia border. Slight net zero territory adjustments to achieve a defendable border may occur. The barrier border will be extended to this area.
Ukrainian Military Command will begin planning the Melitopol and Crimea Offensives as soon as the Donbas Offensive is 75% complete. This will allow them time to organize the Brigades required to complete the last 2 Offensives. The Ukrainian Command will need 200 US Marine landing vehicles and maybe 5 landing craft. The landing craft might be able to traverse the Rhine, connecting canal, and Danube to get these craft to staging areas in Kherson Oblast East. These will enhance the Crimea Offensive after water and power have been cut for months and HIMARS artillery has destroyed almost every Russian military base/fortification in Crimea.
Spend money on the NHS , what a shame.
Well if the UK wants to waste money by sending tanks to ukraine than that is on their government.
International community means collective west Angelo Saxon. Don't drag the other 75% of the world with u.
More weapons for Ukraine against fascism!
Just no hopefully this warmongering will not just cost the Tory’s the election but finish them as a political party
UK is doing the right things on this war.
Great job.
British tanks can be the first group from the west.
Poland Is doing great a well. Hope Germany speeds up too on the tanks.
The de-industrialisation and depopulation has been a great success and we hope the demilitarization and de-nazification continues. Once all these objectives are met and Zelensky and his government are removed, Ukraine will evolve into a peaceful and prosperous nation under an honest and incorruptible government free from western enslavement and neo conservative ideology.
Do one on the fighter bomber situation