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Jun 2024
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Day 831.

Today, we bring you the latest military updates from the front lines, discuss the results and implications of the european elections, we speak to analyst Mykola Bielieskov on the lack of public discussion about Ukraine’s future strategy and what that might look like, and we hear from Foreign Correspondent Ben Farmer on Friday about his reports from the east of Ukraine.


Contributors:

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

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

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

With thanks to Mykola Bielieskov (Research Fellow at National Institute for Strategic Studies under UA President & Senior Analyst at Come Back Alive Foundation) @MBielieskov in Z. And Ben Farmer (Foreign Correspondent). @benfarmerDT on X.


Articles Referenced:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/10/european-elections-what-happens-now-macron-le-pen/


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/07/france-to-send-mirage-jets-to-ukraine-but-are-they-worth-it/


https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/29/what-is-ukraines-victory-strategy-we-need-to-discuss-it-now/?w345


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