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Mar 2024
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Ukraine ‘blows up’ Russian railway bridg...

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Day 737.

Today, we relay reports of drone strikes on St. Petersburg and Ukrainian attacks on Russian railway bridges, plus discuss the fallout of one of Germany’s worst security breaches since the Cold War. Later, we run an extraordinary interview with Anastasiia Lapatina, a reporter at the Kyiv Independent, about her experience giving birth during an air strike.


Contributors:

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

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

With thanks to Anastasiia Lapatina (reporter at the Kyiv Independent. @lapatina_ on X.


Articles Referenced:

The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html


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