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Nov 2023
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Ukraine strikes Russian shipyard, Russia...

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Day 619. Today, we bring you the latest updates from Ukraine, discuss Vladimir Putin’s growing confidence & we hear about the challenges faced by Ukraine’s armed forces in procuring enough drones for front-line fighters. 


Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.

Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.

James Kilner (Editor of the Central Asia & the South Caucasus Bulletin). @jkjourno on Twitter.

With thanks to Kateryna Farbar, Ukraine correspondent at openDemocracy and an editor at Ukrainian Political Critique.


Ukraine failing to procure enough drones to fight Russia, soldiers say:

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/ukraine-failing-to-procure-enough-drones-russia-war-soldiers/


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