UK signals go-ahead for Storm Shadows strikes inside Russia & Trump ‘to call Zelensky’

Day 878.


Today, off the back of the Blenheim summit we assess the breaking
news that Britain has granted the use of Storm Shadows on Russian
soil. Plus, we consider a new report as to why the Ukrainian
counter-offensive failed, and the significance of a British
soldier fighting for Moscow.


Contributors:


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


Aliona Hlivco (Political Scientist. Managing Director at Henry
Jackson Society). @aliona_hlivco on X.


Daniel Hardaker (Freelance Journalist). @danielhardaker4 on X.


Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank
Commander). @HamishDBG on X


Articles Referenced:


War with China is closer than we think (Aliona Hlivco in The
Telegraph)


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/19/war-with-china-is-closer-than-we-think/


Putin is leading Russia into a demographic catastrophe (Francis
Dearnley in The Telegraph)


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/15/putin-is-leading-russia-into-a-demographic-catastrophe


Preliminary Lessons from Ukraine’s Offensive Operations, 2022–23
(RUSI)


https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/preliminary-lessons-ukraines-offensive-operations-2022-23


From the front line of the battle to save Kharkiv (Svitlana
Morenets in The Spectator)


https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/from-the-front-line-of-the-battle-to-save-kharkiv/


Russia’s vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out (The
Economist)


https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/16/russias-vast-stocks-of-soviet-era-weaponry-are-running-out


Englishman fighting in Ukraine says Kremlin recruiting English
speakers (Daniel Hardaker in The Telegraph) 


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/14/ben-stimson-english-speakers-in-russian-army-ukraine/


Ursula Von der Leyen wins second term as EC president with
European ‘air shield’ pledge (The Telegraph)


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/18/ursula-von-der-leyen-wins-second-term-ec-president/





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