Russia continues advances in Donbas & Ukraine digs trenches in Kursk I Ukraine: The Latest, Podcast

Day 919.

Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss the arrest of Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov and we speak to friend of the podcast Adam Kinzinger about his turn at the Democratic National Congress and his views on the war and democracy in the United States.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.

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

Matt Field (Senior Technology Reporter). @matthfield on X.

Adam Kinzinger (Political Commentator and Former United States Representative). @AdamKinzinger on X.

[Interglacial_optimist]

All of the weapons sent to ukraine from the united states were paid for by money printed out of thin air.
The american taxpayer did not contribute one dollar towards this effort in ukraine. The united states treasury is printing one trillion dollars every one hundred days. So what has happened to ukraine is a good example of malin vestment from free money.

[aminrastgar]

a US representative’s main concern is Ukraine war while his country is 35 billion dollars in debt 😂

[loucaribou]

Please do not have Adam kinzinger back

[dorothyruh]

American here. So grateful for Adam K’s continued focus on and support of Ukraine and, of course, his putting country over party. Slava Ukraine!

[caseyjones]

Boggles the mind how some people get air time. Apparently Germany are indecisive even though American government can't agree on what colour the grass is, wanting to bring back thatcher and how America is the defender of the free world 😂😂😂 1st time I've cut an episode short

[andym]

I'm a lib, right? But yeah, I think America needs a conservative party. I mean, half of all Americans are more conservative than the other half, right? Both need to be represented for this place to work as intended.

[darktree]

See I kept telling everybody in the comments not all American politicians were idiots. The ones that aren't just seemed to quit 😢

[fatfrreddy]

SAD..ONCE A GREAT NEWSPAPER; ONCE A GREAT COUNTRY...

[taralown]

Listening to Americans is like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard, am I rite?

[mike]

Thanks for the update “ Ukraine The Latest “, .. your update is much appreciated … 💙💛💙

[richardmarsden]

The German press reports an emergency at one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex. According to German reporters, the explosion thundered on the territory of the Diehl BGT Defence enterprise.

The company is one of the largest in Germany for the production of various types of ammunition. Among other things, Diehl BGT Defence produces missiles and artillery shells, a significant portion of which are sent as military aid to the Kyiv regime for the war against Russia.

The company also produces anti-aircraft guided missiles for the IRIS-T air defense systems, which, as is known, Berlin also supplies to Ukraine. The company's line of military products also includes Panzerfaust 3 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers. In addition, the company is engaged in the production of various types drones, including those that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use as “kamikazes”.

The area around the plant has been cordoned off.

According to preliminary information, two people were injured, and several more employees are listed as missing.

According to the German press, the cause of the explosion is being determined.

[Jazzisa]

It's wild to me how many people are still on the fence, and that the election is even close. How can intelligent people vote for Trump? It's insane to me!

[Interglacial_optimist]

No mention of the two F-16 jets that have been lost out of the six given.

[burritosls]

Stop writing nonsense in the headlines. Ukraine is not in Kursk, they did not have the strength to get there. They captured part of the Kursk region. The city of Kursk itself IS NOT OCCUPIED.

[jeffreycaudle]

If Europe was really with Ukraine, they would be doing everything domestically to support Ukraine, that the U.S. did to support Europe in WWII.

[joshuapaul]

There are an unmitigated disaster and disorganization at the actual front. Both the Economist and FT wrote about it. Part of the problem of Ukraine lies in the incompetence of the leadership, an officer of the engineering unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the Economist: "The General Staff simply does not control the process — it does not have any plan."
Zelenskyy Kursk misadventure already failed spectacularly, but due to his obsession with media hype he is incapable even to cut snowballing losses and as always he is just reinforcing the failure. Ukrainians are stuck after capturing a string of villages in the middle of nowhere at a staggering snowballing cost and this string of villages can't be held anyway. I wouldn't be surprised, if it were a trap for Ukrainians from the get go. Meanwhile vital Ukrainian positions at the actual front are rapidly crumbling. Ukraine is about to lose a key logistical hub of Pokrovsk.

[metatron]

NATO's like a boxer who gets all the easy fights and then when he finally meets a real opponent who can actually hit back and dodge, he gets totally declassed

[rkmenescal]

Never underestimate the power of denial

[ManinOdessa]

The steam machine keeps coming…. Hundreds of days of work, thousands of hours, brilliantly compiled and curated. It’s a body of work that is outstanding.

Keep up your end team. David brings it all together, under the big top.

Adam was good wasn’t he, great guy and perspective, following his X has been interesting and he has campaigned hard for Ukrainian f16’s. Democracy wins and it shows what impact every person can make.

Fair point about drafting in Ukraine, it is far too easy to slip through the cracks, addressing the personnel should be a national priority for national service and security. Trained military personnel in numbers in the military in the right places would ensure Ukraine can hold, push back and win back its freedoms to 1992 borders.

Cracking episode with a globally significant audience.

Bring the light to dark places.

[margaretkibble]

Thanks again for your intelligent thoughts and information.