The Russians Are Fighting a War of Choice, Putin's Choice

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The Russians are fighting a war of choice, Putin's choice, that very few soldiers understand. The Ukrainians are fighting aWar of necessity. JP Rathbone is the FT's defense and security correspondent.

US inflation is expected to have eased due to falling energy prices and Ukraine has regained momentum fighting back the Russian invasion. Plus, Ruchir Sharma tells us why he thinks the dollar may not be the world’s dominant currency for much longer.

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Pace of US consumer price growth expected to have eased in August

A post-dollar world is coming

Ukraine’s defence minister warns of Russian counter-attack

The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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