Day 1,274.
Today, as President Donald Trump says the US may provide air support to back a Ukraine peace deal, we assess reports that as many as 10 European countries are considering putting boots on the ground if Russia agrees to end its war. Then we take a step back and try to make sense of the historic past few days. What, if anything, has changed? Then we hear a dispatch Adelie recorded in Ukraine at the funeral of journalist Victoria Roshchyna.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Content Referenced:
US air force could police Ukraine’s skies to ensure peace (The Telegraph):
Ten European countries ‘ready’ to send forces to Ukraine (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/20/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-trump-peace/
‘Nearly two million more casualties’: The numbers that show Russia is years from victory (Roland Oliphant in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/08/19/russia-is-years-from-victory-trump-putin/
Dance Of The Flamingos: Ukraine’s FP-5 Heavy Cruise Missile (Covert Shores):
http://www.hisutton.com/Ukrainian-FP-15-Flamingo-Cruise-Missile.html
Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials (New York Times):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-security-clearances.html
‘The Steel Porcupine’ – Russia's campaign of extermination by Benjamin I. Goldhagen:
https://www.thesteelporcupine.com/
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