Episode description
Episode description
Day 955.
Today, we discuss the Pentagon’s verbal contortions as it explains where and when the US will shoot down Iranian missiles - plot spoiler: Israel now, Ukraine never - and speak to the author of a new book explaining how the Russian Orthodox Church became a vital force in Putin’s existential war against Ukraine.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
RolandOliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
With thanks to Lucy Ash (Foreign affairs broadcaster and author). @LucyAAsh on X.
Full video of David's funeral:
Lucy Ash's book, 'The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church from Pagans to Putin':
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baton-Cross-Russias-Church-Pagans/dp/1837731837
Articles Referenced: Exclusive Boris Johnson interview (The Telegraph): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/03/boris-johnson-exclusive-interview-putin-trump-lockdown-echr/
1.5 million Ukrainian children at risk of being deported to Russia, ombudsman says (Kyiv Independent): https://kyivindependent.com/1-5-million-ukrainian-children-at-risk-of-being-deported-by-russia-ombudsman-says
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