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Day 794.

Today, we bring you news from across Ukraine, analyse issues of recruitment as Kyiv aims to persuade Ukrainian men living abroad to return to fight and we hear why a criminal complaint against the Russian Federation was filed in Argentina.


Contributors:

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

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

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

Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.


With thanks to Ukrainian journalist, author & co-founder of Public Interest Journalism Lab, Nataliya Gumenyuk. @ngumenyuk on X


Articles / Interviews Referenced:


Dom's 'Tour of Tanks' in Kyiv:

https://x.com/DomNicholls/status/1760650124324184111


'Duchess of Edinburgh becomes first royal to visit Ukraine since Russia’s invasion' (The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/04/29/duchess-of-edinburgh-visits-ukraine-first-royal/


'The reclusive tree-loving billionaire who is turning Georgia towards the Kremlin' (The Telegraph)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/30/bidzina-ivanishvili-billionaire-georgia-kremlin/


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