Episode 58: The Defense Ministry Gets a New - Crimean - Boss

Ukraine Without Hype

In this episode...

00:01:21 - Ukrainian forces begin to pierce Russia's second line of defense in the south, and retake positions near Donetsk city.

00:08:35 - Russia caught by the Cuban authorities illegally trafficking potential soldiers.

00:11:51 - Russia looks to North Korea as a source of arms.

00:16:10 - Russia holds elections, including in the occupied territories.

00:21:07 - Elon Musk interfered with a Ukrainian operation to sink the Russian Black Sea Fleet by cutting off the attack drone's internet connection.

00:29:35 - Ukraine's new Defense Minister is a Crimean Tatar community leader with a record as a diplomat and administrator.

00:50:18 - Igor Kolomoisky finds himself in legal trouble on fraud charges.

00:58:56 - Armenia uses a diplomatic event in Kyiv to announce aid to Ukraine...to the scorn of its Russian treaty allies

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