Military base set ablaze by Ukraine filled with ‘glide bombs’ & team memories of Bosnia

Day 912.

Today, we assess the fast-moving situation on the frontlines in both Ukraine and Russia, reflect on what may prove to be an important meeting in Kyiv tomorrow, and hear memories and confessions from the team of the war in Bosnia.

Contributors:

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

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

Hamish de Bretton Gordon (Former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X.

Content Referenced:

Putin is on the ropes – it’s time to launch Storm Shadow missiles (Hamish in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/20/vladimir-putin-is-on-the-ropes-time-to-launch-storm-shadows/

Storm Shadow should be unshackled to help Ukraine in Kursk (Hamish in Forces News:

https://www.forcesnews.com/ukraine/storm-shadow-should-be-unshackled-support-ukraine-inside-kursk-says-former-british-army

Russia Hunts Down Deserters to Backfill Its Massive War Losses (Wall Street Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-ukraine-war-deserters-cd1b9a11?st=x8uy1m3kseclbrm&reflink=article_copyURL_share

‘I never worked for the Russians’ - punished by Kyiv for being a collaborator (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0473y0p0ego

Nine Lives: My Time As MI6's Top Spy Inside al-Qaeda by Aimen Dean

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Nine-Lives/Aimen-Dean/9781786073297

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