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Apr 2024
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Day 790.

Today, we discuss the latest news from Ukraine as the Ukrainian armed forces remove American Abrams tanks from the front line. We deep-dive into the capabilities of the ATACMS missiles and we hear from a British volunteer who works in front line villages across the East of Ukraine. 


Contributors:

David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.

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

Joe Barnes(Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.

Lauren Shirreff (Journalist). @laurenshirreff on X.

With thanks to Minty Gow (Freelance journalist and volunteer). @aramintagow on X.


Articles & organisations referenced:

Why Russia is targeting planes 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/heres-how-russia-is-constantly-targeting-our-planes/


Hopeful (British charity) 

https://www.hopefull.org.uk/


Joe Barnes on ATACAMS

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/25/american-atacms-missiles-ukraine-test-russia-air-defence/


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