Day 1,045.

Today, after the latest updates from the battlefield, we hear about the cutting edge drones being used to wage war against Moscow's forces, and the moral conundrums they raise. Plus, we consider the state of the Russian economy as we enter 2025.

Contributors:

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

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Francis Farrell (Report, The Kyiv Independent). @francisjfarrell on X.

Content referenced:

‘We’re in the end game’: Why Kyiv’s blow to Russian gas threatens a European energy war (Matt Oliver in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/why-ukraine-gas-pipeline-closure-moscow-biggest-defeat/

Donald Trump will be no friend of the Kremlin (Ambrose Evans Pritchard in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/the-biggest-threat-to-putins-regime-is-donald-trump/

With Ukraine's ace drone unit hunting Russians (Francis Farrell in The Kyiv Independent):

https://youtu.be/s4uaKynSRx4?feature=shared

The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics (Full-Length Kyiv Independent Documentary):

https://youtu.be/SVxY5ihyVnA?feature=shared

Flagship Ukrainian brigade trained in France goes AWOL (The Telegraph:)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/02/ukrainian-soldiers-go-awol-before-shot-fired/

Russia 'shoots down Santa' (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/27/russia-shoots-down-santa-claus-in-propaganda-video/

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