Day 543. Today, we analyse the heavy fighting in Robotyne as Ukrainian forces advance, discuss Russian tank tactics and we explore how the West smashed Russia’s deep-cover spy networks.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former NATO Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on Twitter.
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Read more:
How the West smashed Russia’s deep-cover spy networks, by Nataliya Vasilyeva:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/21/russia-spies-network-expulsion-west-vladimir-putin-bulgaria/
The Russian risking everything to stand up to Putin, by Patrick Forbes:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/21/dmitry-muratov-price-of-truth-novaya-gazeta-russia-putin/
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In response to Dom's totally justified misgivings, most of the drone attacks have been on unoccupied offuce buildings at night containing supposedly secret govt depts related to the war. Putting my Don Corleone hat on, these dtone strikes could be paet of a multi layered psyops plan. The gen population sees the drone getting through and think "What next". The security forces see them getting through and think: "How much do they know?" These people are more interested in saving their own skins than serving their country, so they will start polishing off their exit strategies. A third explanation, which Dom hasn't mentioned, probably so as not to further muddy the very muddy waters of speculation, is that these drones might be the work of Prigozhin or someone like him, who is out to ruin the Russian MoD's credibility prior to siezing power themselves.
anyone know if hovercraft can pass over minefields safely?
Zero Russian civilians killed via drone. So, I think they’re being pretty careful in their targeting of gov buildings, weapons factories, military facilities, oil facilities, etc.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S THE "WEST" WHO IS ENSLAVED BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS…RUSSIA HAS MORE FREEDOM THAN THE BRITS "'OR'" THE AMERIKANS….SMH
The fact that there’s been far more celebration & laughter at the drones bothering Russian elites + they’ve elicited anger at the Kremlin rather than backlash against 🇺🇦 by Muscovites + Russians alike shows 🇺🇦 is being judicious/clever in its campaign.
What good timing for the third world
America is being undermined by the left over RED communist Stalinist doctrine following MAGA rabble
Empty G in charge of the American economy will allow China to overtake America
seems to me that the vegetation shooting up in ukraine kinda negates the improved sensors on western fighting vehicles.
From the very beginning of the invasion in 2022, video of Russians have demonstrated the Russian lack of training in basics (for me, it was obvious in watching how their Infantry moved, handled their weapons, etc.). Evidently, it is not getting any better.
This should stop happening ASAP, stop the fabricated new war from hell. #newwarfromhell #stopnowidiots
Good Luck! 😂
thanks
❤Ukrainian ❤
Urkarine is a joke
4:12 Lmaooooo
When I trained 19D scouts on M901 ITV our spacing between vehicles in firing position was 400 meters apart in pairs. Admin road marches we always tried to stay out of the dust clouds from the ones in front.
SLAVA UKRAINE from Italy. ❤❤
4:13 What was that?
It would be a lot worse if it wasn't for the West holding Ukraine back. In a weird way we're protecting Russians as well as Ukrainians. Slava Ukraini!
To Dom Nichols – Russia is the aggressor and started this horrific invasion of Ukraine. Why do people who are not fighting for their existence expect that Ukraine cannot do anything it takes to defend themselves because of some philosophical ideology and hand wringing. This rhetoric only encourages people like Putin to continue their evil and believe, perhaps rightly, that the west is weak. If the west had acted decisively from the start, instead of waffling and pretending to care, then this war would have ended and many lives would have been saved. Think again Dom.
When have there been attacks on Russian civilian homes? All I have seen is pieces falling after being shot down, not intentional targeting.
Russian officials have asked public employees to work from home on Ukrainian Independence Day due to the threat of drone attack in Moscow. This is what should follow.
Russia and Ukraine united on August 24th. Russian officials ask employees to work from home on August 24, in observance of Ukrainian Independence Day. Russian citizens are encouraged to stay home from work indefinitely, until Russia and the Ukraine are officially united. Go to the park and play football. Go for a walk in the country. Stay home and play video games. Sit on the beach. Go fishing. PEACE FOREVER OR FOREVER SUNDAY. A nationwide strike of the Russian workforce is requested until Vladimir Zelensky is accepted as the United Russia/Ukraine President.
given that Ukraine seem to go for military targets, it is not their thing to go for civilian targets – I would say it was not from them, far more likely to be from Putin who clearly has form in this type of tyrranny.
God Bless Ukraine
Lots of propaganda here. Is the UK fighting a proxy war? SAS is in Russia or in the Black Sea?
IT'S UKRAINE NOT "The Ukraine" to the tank expert guy. Big mistake !
GOD BLESS SOVEREIGN UKRAINE 🇺🇦❇️🙏🌻🫶
🇺🇲🤝🇺🇦🤝🇫🇮🤝🇬🇧🤝🇩🇪🤝🇱🇺⚡⚡⚡⚡
Bakhmut, Bucha, Avdiivka & Mariupol are Ukrainian Always 💙💛🇧🇧
Why is terrorist russia allowed in UN?
Throw evil kremlin OUT!
The Civilized World Loves UKRAINIANS 💙💛❇️
All RESPECT To SOVEREIGN UKRAINE & the Remarkable UKRAINIAN MILITARY 🪖🇺🇦💪💪💪🇺🇦🤝🇵🇱
What happened at 04:10???
When I watch a news reporter from CNN smell a backpack after hearing gas attack and says yes it smells like a definite Syrian gas attack that makes me wonder what the hell is going on obviously
Great podcast. Well informed contributors. Right topics with right levels of latest details. Thanks (from the UK).
How is the Ukrainian Mother of all counter Offensive going ? British said Ukraine will win and Russia is losing. ? Telegraph propaganda NOT working for UK and Ukraines ?
Japan should ‘distract’ the Russian in the far east. Conquer the disputed islands.
WHAT!!! This is war. Ukraine is fighting for its survival. Recruitment? Call ALL eligible men and women up! This is ridiculous! Not a Sony PlayStation game! I was called up for 2years mandatory + camps to fight against Communism in South Africa. JOKE!
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon tips on tank tactics and savoir-faire unnerved me. The fact that there is a video on this for all and sundry to watch has scared me. This information I believe should be a military secret !
Dom butchering the names of Ukrainian villages again.. please get educated. It is excruciatingly cringey.
BREAKING NEWS
SUPPOSEDLY PROGOZIN IN DEAD?!?!?
Called my dad, he said it’s all over BBC. Dad is has military background.
Apparently PROGOZIN was on a plane what got shot diwn in a flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg?!
😳 Damn. That was fast Putin.
Or Ukraine decided some payback was in store.
Ukraine's UAV hit Russia's capital but Russia's UAV hit the moon.
Dom questioned why the Ukrainians are using drones against Moscow. Could another reason be that it forces the Russian military to move more antiaircraft assets in and around Moscow and then perhaps fewer are available in occupied portions of Ukraine?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0o7XyzNdvw
PRIGOZHIN is Dead. This is a bit behind the News!
Why jump to the conclusion that the Ukrainians must be the ones attacking civilian targets? The Russians making false flag attacks sounds more likely to me.
What the hell was that at 4:12 , it scared me. Sounds like Klunk from Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines, for those who know 🙂
Fake
34:00 _casualties_.
Your information on BRICs is laughable. Who is going to supply the currency for BRICs? China or Russia both highly manipulated for each country? Sure. USD was adopted because the US does NOT manipulate it's currency. AND with the proposed expansion how will it actually every do anything?
Since the USAkraine war is basically ongoing NAztO aggression by proxy, how long until the very expensive western munitions are returned to sender?
Propaganda.
There has been a dramatic rise in Ukraine's number of dead, according to new estimates by unnamed US officials. The BBC's Quentin Sommerville has been on the front line in the east, where the grim task of counting the dead has become a daily reality. and that's from the BBC
First
The Ukrainians must realize that their real enemy is London, not Moscow.
Thanks, Telegraph.
The bullshit on this site is unbelievable..