Ukraine liberates Urozhaine, modified 'anti-drone' tanks spotted & the 'forgotten' war that shaped Putin

Day 539.

Today, we discuss an array of stories: from the fallout of Kyiv’s recapture of Urozhaine, sightings of modified British Challenger 2 tanks on the frontline, and the long term implications of the largely forgotten Russo-Georgian War, which took place 15 years ago last week.

Contributors:

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

Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter.

James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @JKJourno on Twitter.

Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank commander). @HamishDBG on Twitter.

To listen to David's interview with celebrated Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy, scroll to the bottom of this article and hit play on the audio player: Serhii Plokhy interview: ‘Putin wants control of Ukraine – but he is prepared to go for plan B’

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