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Feb 2024
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Ukraine sinks Russian Black Sea warship ...

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Day 718.

Today, we bring you the news of the sinking of another warship from Russia’s Black Sea fleet and we discuss a powerful new report from Human Rights Watch on the Russian assault on Mariupol.


Contributors:

David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.

Gerry Simpson (Associate director in the Crisis and Conflict Division at Human Rights Watch). @GerrySimpsonHRW on Twitter.


Articles Referenced:


Human Rights Watch's Report on Mariupol

https://www.hrw.org/feature/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol/report


'If You Think World War III Is Unimaginable, Read This' (Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-11/what-would-america-look-like-if-it-lost-world-war-iii?leadSource=uverify%20wall


Live Event:

Join us online at the US Embassy in London for a special live recording of Ukraine: The Latest:

https://extra.telegraph.co.uk/events/ukraine-latest-london-embassy

The event is on Thursday 15 February and starts at 18:30 GMT (13:30 ET).


Q&A with the Team: 

To mark two years of war, David, Dom, and Francis will be answering Telegraph subscriber questions in a future episode.

You can submit them here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/02/13/qa-russia-ukraine-war-second-anniversary-podcast/


Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest

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