Day 1,028.
Today, we react to the news that the Russian general in charge of the military’s nuclear and chemical weapons division has been assassinated in a scooter bomb attack, we hear live from the Joint Expeditionary Force summit in Estonia, and we hear our latest dispatch from the frontline city of Kharkiv.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
With thanks to Jack Leather and Adélie Pojzman-Pontay for photographs, videos, and recordings.
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Francis's Article on the Kharkiv underground School, with photos and clips:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/2024/12/17/inside-kharkivs-underground-school-for-ukrainian-children/
Articles Referenced:
Why Russian blimps appearing on Nato’s border are a message from Moscow (James in The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/16/russia-mysterious-blimps-sow-fear-and-confusion-nato-border/
The 500-mile high speed rail line that can carry Nato troops to a war with Russia (James in The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/rail-baltica-nato-troops-russia-estonia-latvia-lithuania/
Russia’s War Economy Is Hitting Its Limits (Foreign Policy)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/14/russia-war-putin-economy-weapons-production-labor-shortage-demographics/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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