Allied tanks arrive in Ukraine and Russia’s ‘cronies unit’ | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 397. Today, we bring you updates from Ukraine, discuss Russia’s so-called ‘cronies’ unit’ and we hear from Ukrainian sociologist Anna Kvit on the experience of Ukrainian women in the armed forces
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent).
With thanks to Anna Kvit.
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[@salenddeo9099]

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[@brr40]

God left Ukraine - Ukraine is not Christian Country anymore

[@niklaswikholm514]

Great reporting again, fair, ethical and perfect english, good package

[@TheMartymar1976]

Greetings from the USA! Love your reporting, keep it up!

[@RobertWalker-qg7ej]

Been listening since the start of the channel and now it part of my evening routine.

[@wesley135]

💙Slava ukraini 💛🇺🇦🇺🇸

[@tradezones938]

Urine slava! 💩

[@dpelpal]

Glory to the heroes

[@wesley135]

Always listening from Detroit Michigan

[@quinnjackson9252]

Go Lions!

[@athenak4666]

SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦🔱💪🏾

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[@zm1763]

Love listening to this podcast so much. it's part of my nightly routine now.

[@JamesBeck-yl4sx]

This is simply the most consistent, considered, and concise information available on this tragic conflict that is available on the internet. Superb coverage and it’s awful that such credible journalism is having to be used to cover such an awful state of affairs but the quality of journalism is simply second to none and no other news agency is covering the situation with the level of professionalism that this channel is providing.

[@dpelpal]

This war isn't tragic. It's a criminal war perpetrated by russia, and they will pay for it. Let there be no doubts now.

[@HungryGhost999]

Agreed 👍

[@tubthump]

It's definitely consistent

[@bjornnilsson7982]

Always this modified lies, Ukraine will lose the most in this war, stop fooling the Ukraine people, we are killing the ukraine people with false propaganda. The war is about gasfields in the east and stopping the Maidan revolution from spreading to Moscow, . Grow upp and smell the coffe.. Ps, Nato is not interesting for Putin, he wants a bigger Nato becuse he needs a fake threat to show for his people, this debates are starting to be a real joke... Grow up. Stop killing the Ukraine people with lies and the western pathetic extrem propaganda. If social media could win a war, the Ukraine would have badged it by now. THE SWEDE

[@PeterSedesse]

The argument about medals is a gray slope. I was in Desert Storm, went from Saudi Arabia, into Kuwait and then into Iraq. But I was so far behind the front line that I was never in any danger. So in that case, is it fair that I got the same medals as people who were firing weapons and under fire? And there were plenty of people way behind me who got the same medals. I think it is hard to draw a line...

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

My understanding is there are all kinds of medals not just for front line

[@pattygeerken8617]

Yes!! Good news!!❤

[@wesley135]

I ❤the podcast

[@karljensen893]

Give them another kind of medal they deserve one

[@jameschamberlain5817]

Love listening in each day to your podcasts guys. Great job and very informative.

[@Interglacial_optimist]

I love doms description of the obsolete weapons parade with dignitaries and photo-ops just before they get blown up. What did Dom call them ...museum pieces. Soon to become memorial sites.

[@Cuzthatwouldbeweird]

I understand that living in your mum's spare room is crap but supporting Russia is not the solution. Get a life! Get real! Stop pinching all the biscuits! And above all have a wash!

[@nemisis4u]

@@Cuzthatwouldbeweird hi nice one

[@dpelpal]

Russia is desperate at this point. They just humiliate themselves more and more as the war drags on. It's as if they add insult to injury to their own country

[@samsungtap4183]

Don't worry Russia has all ready set aside two new spots in the Moscova tank museum. One for Challanger 2 and one for leopard 2 which will be great additions to the tygers and panthers already there !

[@shaunvduke]

​@Samsung Tap I know the Russians are terrified. But trust me Ukraine has no intention of invading Russia. Russia has nothing they want. And they don't need to go to Kubinka - as Russia have already sent all their museum pieces to the front!

[@keith8609]

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇬🇧

[@charlieryan6550]

Remote pilots do not have the risk/ intensity of pilots on the scene, but they are in the fight.

[@dpelpal]

Bless anyone who fights the russian invasion. They have raped and killed so many. There must be a tribunal

[@pauldillon3179]

They must focus on job at hand and try their best.

[@mikesanders9631]

Great segment like always 👍 Ukraine strong

[@richardgillies9160]

Interesting about medals and drone operators, I never thought about it but if I was a country and drones were deployed against me I would see UK locations as legitimate targets, without me seeing it as an attack on the UK per se. If we give these guys campaign medals then that just gives me justification in my view. So my thought is, I could attack these points legitimately in the UK and US without declaring war on that country as this location is just an extension of the battlefield. What are your thoughts?

[@evanandrade8215]

Technology, destroyer of worlds

[@evilaquaman]

in the same context every time Russia does a cyber attack on another country would that not also make them legitimate targets too?

[@arthurjohnson7382]

Ukranian warriors are winning today and will be winning and destroying Katsaps wherever they present themselves to be destroyed. Bring it on kitsaps!

[@cubablue602]

Ukraine aren't winning anywhere. Look at a map.

[@dpelpal]

And now russia is being slaughtered around Bakhmut and retreating. My god, what an embarrasment for russia

[@jimgraham6722]

Actually in terms of artillery rounds we can't do more. No western country currently has a munitions factory capable of 6,000 155mm rounds per day. The best that can be done is a collective effort to run the factories as fast as possible and draw down stocks. Both measures have risks. The reality is western military planners have grossly under estimated the amount of artillery rounds needed in modern warfare. That quantity has a quality of its own is surely is an important lesson from this conflict.

[@davidboskett5581]

The Russians might be using many more artillery rounds than Ukraine but I doubt that they can produce enough to maintain their current usage. The Western alliance has the ability to far out-produce the Russians for all the military hardware needed -it just takes the will and the money to do it.And all Nato members should be obliged to share equally in this task.But lets face it most of the artillery rounds are wasted by both sides as shown by the pock marks in Ukrainian fields. Nato needs to supply Ukraine with more precision weapons with a longer range so that ammunition stores can be targeted well into Russia.

[@dpelpal]

@@davidboskett5581 The Ukrainian artillery rounds are far, far more accurate than the russian thanks to the yanks; M777 and excalibur. This can be seen by listening to russian intercepted phone calls

[@tubthump]

@@davidboskett5581 the western alliance probably does have the ability to out-produce the Russians for the hardware needed but it doesn't have enough time to do it

[@monumentaltravel3745]

I think this is the main reason to hold steady, and let time pass with the lowest possible casualities, so that the west can keep adding ammunition factories. We also have to consider China as a threat and be ready to deal with other fronts should it occur.

[@FirstAlways-sm5fl]

31.03.2023. The flag of PMC "Wagner" was hoisted over the building of the City Council of Artyomovsk/Bakhmut.

[@DominicFlynn]

If The Telegraph never mentions the Avdeevka retreat then maybe it never happened

[@HungryGhost999]

I see your a Trump supporter comrade.

[@memkiii]

Forces members based on Ascension Island during the Falklands war received a medal, although they were based on a tropical Island 4000 miles away, while those who got to the Falklands one week too late, and had no beds or accommodation, & few supplies got nothing. So why not a drone operator at Waddo?.

[@davidmc62]

It's my opinion that the soldiers that are fighting this war from afar, particularly the ones that control our war drones, need to be recognized for their accomplishments. I'm sure that these soldiers understand that they are not playing a video game, and real people are at risk every time they pull the trigger. The ones that have to take the lives of the innocent to kill the Enemy must have a heavy heart, but sometimes it necessary in war, infact it happens almost every day in war. These actions will have life long effects on the operator, so yes they do deserve accomodations.

[@dpelpal]

The whole world stands against russia.

[@neutralityimformer834]

Are they supposed to have a drone for extended support views and awareness of there teams to be able keeping safety

[@anthonystevens749]

We have seen the video evidence of what ill-discipline looks like in Russian tank crews: when one tank hits a mine, the other tanks act in random uncoordinated maneuvers like a bunch of headless chicken, until more hit mines or are 'retired' by accurate artillery fire... Slava Ukraini! 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇲 ❤️ 🇺🇦 PS: for goodness sake, allies - let's get our act together *now* on the required supply lines of artillery shells!

[@taralown7023]

wish there was more time to talk about women in the army now in Ukraine

[@samuelpope]

If drones can be controlled remotely from a distance can the same be done with tanks?

[@HungryGhost999]

Not yet

[@SL-sd3sg]

Those robotic dogs with armaments might come first.

[@BurkeCN74]

For gods sake, there is no such thing as a "Tactical" nuke! A nuke is a nuke! Regardless if it is Hiroshima or Hiroshima ×100. Once that genie is out of the bottle again it's not going back in!

[@paulgibbon5991]

That Putin guy is pretty scary. Maybe we should all do everything he says, forever. Or maybe we should put him on trial, for waving nuclear weapons under our nose.

[@Edo9River]

Armenia is trying to assert some kind of independence. The core of liberalism in the government should be supported , as probably there’s pressure being put on them. So 😅😅😅let’s give a shout out to whoever’s responsible for that renewed submission of the ICC application for membership to the Constitutional court.😅😅😅

[@janroach1852]

Since Armenia is not a member of NATO and it is clear the U.S. and the U.K. did not protect Ukraine from Russia via the terms of the Budapest Agreement, and other European countries did not allow Georgia and Ukraine to join NATO, after which first Georgia was invaded and then Ukraine... TWICE, I think it would be wise for Armenia to wait until Russia is completely weakened before they assert independence, unfortunately. We do not need another Armenian massacre. I have no doubt Armenia will be independent from Russia as soon as it is wise for them to do so. Therefore they should not join the ICC. There is no way they can arrest Putin without serious repercussions. Unless we let them into NATO immediately. That's not happening.

[@johntrinci9445]

France to increase the number of shells supplied to Ukraine to 2000 a month- when Ukraine uses according to the Telegraph 6000 shells a day.

[@samsungtap4183]

Always cheers me just when everyone is saying Ukraine is getting hammered i just listern to the unbiased Telgraph post...?

[@HungryGhost999]

What ?

[@paulgibbon5991]

Russian news is not "everyone", botski.

[@Arizonaman30]

With respect to remote drone operators, they statistically suffer as much or more PTSD and other issues as other types of service members. When an F-16/F-18 pilot conducts an airstrike, he flies over the target quickly, fires missiles/drops jdams and then he's out of there in seconds. When a drone operator does a strike, he's watching the 5arget for hours before and after said strike. They have to watch the results of their carnage for hours on HD screens. Injured people crawling out of vehicles and bleeding on a street, family members showing up to a strike and taking away their family members. Then they clock out and have to think of the consequences in the supermarket where nobody 3lse is aware of whats going on.

[@westingband]

I wanna grab a pint with Dom someday

[@nancyschiller7043]

I believe the pilots/drivers of drones is: Reaper, should receive medals and patch when he works in that group of men , if maybe a smaller size, and it includes the different ones he was with.

[@dpelpal]

When history looks back at March 2023, it'll say that russia had already lost the war.....and was just petering out. If they lost Bakhmut and Kharkiv, Kherson, and so many men.....they're done.

[@tubthump]

But Russia hasn't lost Bakhmut

[@jiefflerenard1228]

Well as long the medals are not for bravery it is ok to recognize these drone pilots, maybe for service to the country, certainly not for valor.

[@markb8468]

That is a very interesting line of thinking, regarding the drone operators. Not sure how to get my head around that. Like playing a video game but real people die. Then u go home and try to act like u have a normal job....that u can't talk about.

[@bongoslide]

What radiation will be left behind the shells there suplying to Ukrain?

[@jannarkiewicz633]

Canada is sending 200 senators. I think the U.S. has a few senators I'd like to send into a minefield.

[@jacobhiatt3307]

There is no such thing as a "Tactical" nuclear weapon. A small nuclear weapon used on a battlefield is still just a small nuclear weapon...

[@docbogus6128]

Putin: 'My old soviet crap is still radioactive. Beware.'

[@cameroncurrie7208]

If they think they ate after the airport that might help them flee for thier lives faster.

[@riversidegardenradio9070]

I see many people laughing to Russians sending old equipment on front line . Here is TOP Serbian Generals comment about that: "Russia puts T-55 tanks into service. This is the most gruesome message to the NATO pact and the most gruesome message to the world since the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The T-54 tank does not have a PNZ coating on it, a coating that protects the crew from nuclear radiation. The T55 tank has that lining inside the tank. All subsequent tanks created in the territory of the USSR (and M84) also have that lining. All tanks have devices for filtering and ventilating the air, creating overpressure in the tank to protect against the entry of irradiated air, etc. The T55 tank and all the subsequent tanks have PNZ coating (anti-nuclear protection), but the T55 tank is a Serbian story. Its electronics are dominated by electron tubes, triodes, tetrodes, pentodes, hexodes, etc., in the stabilizer of the STP-2 Zyklon gun and in the R123 radio station, or in older versions of the T55 radio station R113. In all Soviet tanks, a nuclear strike wipes out all software from the tank's electronics, fire control navigation system, radio equipment, and other tank electronics. And the tank becomes pile of iron standing on the battlefield. A stationary target. A nuclear strike cannot erase any software from a T-55 tank, because the tank doesn't have any. In the event of a nuclear attack, all tanks stop, and only the T-55 tank continues its mission. Without any problems. A very clear message. We will drop the atomic bomb. A clear message. Armageddon.The R-123 radio device, along with other types of devices, selects channels through gears, which means that in the event of a nuclear bomb explosion, the electromagnetic shock, which some call an impulse, cannot cause damage to the assets. Anti-nuclear chemical protection of the tank with filters enables the use of the tank even after a nuclear explosion. Anyone else from shovel laughter groups still laughing ? No?! Guess so...I want this war to stop now. Only morons cheer for any side in this conflict..... Stupid and sick west colonial minds....

[@beesplaining1882]

I hope the British government reconsiders sending depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine. The Iraqis are still dealing with the aftermath of American depleted uranium munitions and will be for a long time to come. It seems totally irresponsible to impose that on the Ukrainians.

[@MrMissonary]

I'm not a drone expert but I have a dji minu2 but I know if Ukrainian used a first person version as in a VR headset they can go anywhere and bring back urban warfare intel please inform Ukrainian drone experts and army intelligence

[@oleksii8182]

And who says we aren't using those? Just not in large quantities.

[@tonycowley9246]

All this talk about nuclear weapons, and War! Most country's have somewhere to go, if they get attacked? So where do we go, should this develop into an all out War?????

[@nemisis4u]

interglaca optimist -once replied to me that all ex russian states wanted to rejoine russia .my personal maxim, is education is wasted on some,

[@oleksii8182]

That guy is a regular russki troll here, don't mind him.

[@patrickchapman5133]

At 15 mins what the heck was dom on about?

[@joseaugustofigueiredo2796]

Russian forces eliminate more than 470 troops and ammunition depot in Ukraine In the direction of Krasny Liman, Russian forces eliminated up to 100 Ukrainian fighters, the Russian Defense Ministry said. In turn, in the Donetsk direction, up to 310 Ukrainian servicemen were eliminated in clashes with Russian troops. In the direction of Kupyansk, more than 35 fighters and an MT-12 anti-tank gun were eliminated, as well as an ammunition depot in the Kharkov region. In the southern directions of Donetsk and Zaporozhie the Kiev regime lost more than 50 fighters. In Semenovka, Donetsk, a Ukrainian troop communication center was destroyed by Russian forces. In the direction of Kherson, up to 40 fighters were eliminated, as well as an American-made M777 howitzer. Russian forces also destroyed a tank, two armored vehicles, four cars and a D-20 howitzer belonging to Ukrainian troops.

[@baloony]

A science fiction jam session,well done guys. I recommend Peter F Hamilton another master of the genre.

[@HungryGhost999]

Science fiction ? Go watch RT 😂

[@PeterSedesse]

Cronie Brigade? like Bush2 not being sent to Vietnam, but instead joining the Texaa national guard

[@hawklord100]

Bush had flat feet, in Russia he would be sent straight to the front along with all the other disabled and crims as this is Putins Eugenics to get rid of 'faulty humans'

[@shaunvduke]

At least he didn't have a pretend "bone spur"

[@Kotch111]

Why do people say Nucular instead of Nuclear?

[@mohammadraihan4107]

This is really best Ukrainian popaganda channel, 24/7 one sided popaganda news.

[@paulgibbon5991]

Reality has an anti-Russian bias.

[@forsalestuff1036]

So nice that your reporting is hindered by inconvenient facts on the ground. We need a cheer up, not depressing news.

[@cugelchannel4733]

The artificial distinction about whether drone operators deserve campaign medals is a tempest in a tea-pot. Going back to Vietnam, there were thousands of officers and men who were serving in Vietnam and got combat pay, but were serving support & logistics roles in rear area bases and in Saigon where they were almost totally safe. They certainly never went anywhere near a combat situation. And front line grunts called them REMFs. So, this isn't anything new.

[@richardcowling7381]

Same as the Second World War, men serving on airbases, depots, anywhere behind the lines but in the theatre involved were granted the right to wear the campaign medal.

[@peetky8645]

women are less capable infantry soldiers than men. mixed and female only infantry squads are routinely wiped out by men only units in marine war games. women also have a 50% higher injury rate in routine infantry training.

[@AndrewC6]

The usual Panel of like-minded fellows. I do not think we are Recieving accurate information as it is always the same song - Russia is bad, losing masses of troops and equipment, is poor in tactics, and the Ukraine is victorious and hard fighting. Why am I hearing a 180 about the truth behind the war in the Ukraine from retired U.S. and N.A.T.O. officers ? Some who are experts in armored warfare ?

[@AcuteTomato]

Ukrainian military analysts reports: The situation in the centre of Bakhmut is the most difficult. Yevgeny Prigozhin sent the most experienced assault groups who had combat experience in Syria, Libya, and Mali to storm Bakhmut.. Bazarnaya Street completely came under the control of the Russians. Fighting is taking place on sections of Nezalezhnosti, Torgovaya, Sobornaya, Magistralnaya, and Mariupolskaya streets." "In the city centre, heavy fighting is going on along Mariupolskaya, Bakhmutskaya, and Vasily Pershin streets. "There is a Wagner advance," a Ukrainian writes right in his blog.

[@nemisis4u]

wha the fxxk are these privitive throw backs doing in Syria, Libya, and Mali

[@longandshort6639]

Armenia should join NATO.

[@DominicFlynn]

The Telegraph aren't backing down on the washing machine chips fantasy. The most dedicated tabloid in the UK

[@Interglacial_optimist]

There's nothing specific that defines ill-discipline and having said that it goes without saying which is why Dom said iit! Ill-discipline would be Prince Charles not marrying Diana just because he's in love with a older married mother-of-two... Mommy...

[@tubthump]

7:25 "...newly arrived and conscripted soldiers". No conscripts are put into combat roles (on the Russian side). Perhaps he means newly arrived mobilized soldiers?

[@dpelpal]

Most russian soldiers are dead before they even reach the front from what I hear

[@Pidxr]

Pootin is the Kremlin of the Crop !

[@Muirton66]

Allied ?......is this some kind of sick joke ??

[@fishingstevie8830]

Sure was videos already up saying while back seems now that British Challenger 2 Tanks were already in Ukraine and then later heard week or so ago were in Ukraine the Leopards and now Abrams ..Know Ukraine troops were trained on them so why all this advertising to enemy such things ..Not very wise at all .

[@jamietaylor5570]

There's always a calculus as to what information to release and what information not to release. A lot of info is either not all that useful to the enemy, or will be discovered by the enemy in short order anyway, or where the downside of disclosure is outweighed by the value in releasing the info (eg morale, encouraging support from other nations, staying in the news cycle, etc.)

[@tubthump]

@@jamietaylor5570 as Oliver North said on Fox News in December in reference to Ronald Reagans' pioneering use of proxy armies to fight US wars..."their blood, our bullets".

[@Pidxr]

It is very difficult to imagine other developed nations using most of their national output to support illegal war, but then USA spent five trillion in Iraq, a debt that will lay heavy on us for decades if not centuries.

[@xx7101]

Your imagination is as crippled as your logic.

[@HungryGhost999]

Saddam used chemical weapons against his own people fool.

[@paulgibbon5991]

"Whataboutism" is a Soviet-pioneered propaganda technique, whereas cricitisms are not answered directly, but distracted from by pointing out something that somebody else did. Whether the counter-accusation is actually relevant or stands up to criticism is not important, the intent is only to divert the attention of the audience.

[@danehardinge8801]

How come women are allowed to run away from Ukraine but men may not leave.

[@yournamehere6719]

Tradition.

[@timseytiger9280]

Who really gives a sh1t whether drone operations get some jewelry or not.

[@Balmorax]

There's no video, guys.

[@helengrunow5094]

Troll

[@Cuzthatwouldbeweird]

such a kurva

[@tubthump]

But Ukraine is still winning?

[@Balmorax]

yep

[@AcuteTomato]

Their zits are awful, be gratedul.

[@Interglacial_optimist]

To summarize doms entire report Ukraine is content. Russian failures everywhere. Of course zelensky told the Japanese newspaper that there will be no spring offensive and that the impending fall of Bakhmut will lead to Ukrainian surrender. Content with surrender eh Dom?

[@philipmain5701]

Consistently mad Intergalacial - get help

[@Ozchuck]

Source; trust me bro

[@timothykatende8484]

The Azom plant and the stadium have been taken by the Russians in Bakhmut ...yet listeners are denied that update...one wonders though what type.of updates these are...if these successes were being done by the Ukrainians...wow Don would be blowing them and rubbing them in our eyes...but its understandable..he is not paid to give updates that show Russian progress rather paid to undermine as much as possible any progress Russians make. I feel sorry for listeners who rely on this podcast ...its pathetic to say the least

[@suresh3366]

PUTIN TO START NUCLEAR FIRST THEN NATO TO FINISH NEXT FROM ALL ANGLES HEAD TO TOE 3 60 DEGREES 😂😂😂 THEN NO RUSSIA ONLY CHINA IS LEFT😂😂😂

[@scorpionl6335]

Wagner is in full control of the BAKHMUT Azon metal plant. just broke the record in less than a month. the Musician are written a new chapter of war history defeating the best European army and NATO mercenaries in all the Dombass....

[@philipmain5701]

Unlike the Wagner Convict Brigade, there are no accredited NATO fighters in Ukraine - there are no NATO fighters committing war crimes in Bucha. Your post Scorpion is just nonsense - in fact a reflection of the propaganda that eminates from the Mafia controlled building called the Kremlin. Make no mistake Scorpion - The failed Mafia State known as Russia must and will be defeated by Ukraine with Western support. There is no alternative for a peaceful Europe.

[@jimgraham6722]

If correct sad news for good people of bakhmut to be overrun by a bunch of ruzz criminals and now subject to the dictator and indicted war criminal pudin.

[@sylviahutchison5203]

NATO soldiers have not been involved in the fighting in Ukraine.

[@Ozchuck]

Only 8 months to take a small town. Amazing. Second best army in ukraine

[@pavelhromadka658]

Sure. Wasting so many lives on negligible territorial gain, that is going to be legendary.

[@photobyTaps]

"Folks look, everything is fine. Taxpayers will gladly foot the bill for it all. Not a joke!"

[@tubthump]

As a taxpayer I must disagree

[@xx7101]

Putins troll is witless AF

[@tubthump]

@@xx7101 Putins most powerful political adversaries were calling for intervention in the Donbass since 2014.

[@paulgibbon5991]

5% of the US military budget to save a country from genocide is a great deal. Though it's actually probably less, since we save on having to upkeep the mothballed hardware, and paying to have someone safely dispose of it. Your talking points are crude and obvious, botski.

[@WangAiHua]

May I suggest the following pronunciations: Kyiv----"kayeew" not "keeiv" Avdiivka---"avdeeyeevka" ---the second i is a "yee" ------not "avdeevka" Vuhledar----"voohhhledar"---the H should be pronounced---not "vuledar" Donetsk in Ukrainian is "donetsk"---in RuZZian it is "donyetsk".

[@tubthump]

Kayeew? As in, waiter, I'll have the chicken kayeew?