Balloons spotted over Kyiv & 6,000 children kidnapped by Russia | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 358.
Today, we analyse Russia’s latest strikes on Ukraine, discuss the impact of the six Russian balloons shot down over Kyiv and Francis Dearnley interviews Ben Jones, an election expert specialising in emerging threats to electoral integrity.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Associate Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
With thanks to Ben Jones. You can read more about his work on his website - www.bengjones.com - and on his Twitter, @bengjones1.
The Yale report into Russia's program for the re-education and adoption of Ukraine's children can be found here.
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[@Inchaos42]

Hello from Ukraine, from the very western part of the country. Since Saturday there was no single one electricity blackout, planned or unplanned. It is a relief, honestly.

[@chrishooge3442]

Hopefully we're seeing the Russians running out of munitions.

[@U.H8]

🇸🇪👍🏻💙💛🇺🇦💛💙

[@gingermonkey3525]

These podcasts by the telegraph on the Ukraine conflict are astonishing in their quality.

[@Interglacial_optimist]

They are propaganda

[@TheBadacz]

What quality? it's propaganda garbage...no, I'm not Russian troll

[@krazyswede11]

Journaliars and propaganda artists

[@alexmood6407]

They are great at summarising MOD press clips

[@kinesjl]

@@evolassunglasses4673 Project much?! Russian propagandists have a quasi-monopoly on lying.

[@frogstamper]

"Nobody is going to break us, we're strong, we're Ukrainians"...Every time I hear this line at the start, I know Ukraine will win. Slava Ukraini.

[@williammorris584]

Remember “No pasaran”? That went well. They need men and munitions.

[@walsterdoomit]

I also love it. I want to see a face with that voice! Slava Ukraine!

[@libellula3313]

The guy that said this is great too. I regularly saw him addressing the various committees (UN?) live on screen, usually replying to Sergei Lavrov’s outlandish lies.

[@vaughanbean1156]

@@williammorris584 Exactly - send guns not slogans

[@CatalystD9]

Belarus has a minimal Infantry ... as reported possibly 10 000 professional and maybe 50 territorial defence and No Public Support .. polls showing 75 % not in favor ... great civil unrest already many young highly technically advanced people looking for Freedom 🙏

[@SL-sd3sg]

I hope they rebel and fight for Ukraine 💙💛🇬🇧

[@kinesjl]

The gold standard in Ukraine war coverage, this the the first news we listen to each and every day.

[@Harry-wb7uv]

😂

[@bradsharkey2903]

Russia truly is a sadistic country. Studying many conflicts since WWII, I don't think we have seen such an example of a 'modern' military with so little Force Protection (FP) doctrine. It almost as if it doesn't exist within the Russian military. Fascinating war in terms of showing us so much about Russia and their war fighting capability.

[@nicolaebulgaru]

Thanks The Telegraph people! Your guest Ben Jones made my day. We have to find the resources in ourselves to be on the side of good.

[@rustyb6892]

I always 100% make time to listen to this podcast from The Telegraph, literally the best daily single-source for trustworthy information. Unparallelled coverage about Ukraine and the issues that surround and impact this historic period for freedom and democracy.

[@vladaborovik2204]

I have nothing to add, I agree with what's been said.

[@timothykatende8484]

Hmm..isn't this the sane podcast that has always said Russia has run out of ammuntions..the Sam's podcast that said Russia attacked the Nordstream...only for Seymour Hersh to appear and say sorry its NATO that did it..the same podcast that said Mariupol isn't strategic...its a pathetic podcast that is intended to shape perception for the unsuspecting public

[@unfingbelievable1]

Thanks for keeping us all up to date!

[@adamking3653]

Another brilliant podcast. Great knowledge on the radar reflectors

[@pdrbrandt]

Thanks to dom for excellent and entertaining explanation of 'corners' on balloons.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Balloons are suddenly EVerywhere.

[@andrewprentice4096]

I never liked the Telegraph, different political leanings, but I listen to these podcasts daily. Their excellent

[@whitepanties2751]

I know. The Telegraph are much too left-wing.

[@chriscalderin6677]

Wow first time watching and I can tell this is bull corn just by the headline! To bad lots of puppets eat up this poop like was a hot fudge sundae!

[@wacojones8062]

This is from an article in the National Defense Industrial Association magazine I am a member of the association My Grandfather was one of the founding members after WW I. The Precarious State of U.S. Defense Stockpiles (UPDATED) 11/18/2022 By Chris Laudati "According to the Defense Department, in the six months from March to September, the United States supplied Ukraine with more than 800,000 155mm artillery rounds. From Sept. 28 to Oct. 28, it donated another 100,000 rounds. The September production capacity, meanwhile, was only 14,400 rounds per month. While the exact number of 155mm artillery rounds the United States possesses is unknown, this gap between utilization and production will significantly deplete its reserves over time." My comment. From day one of the invasion the US has had plans behind the scenes to boost production. Total stockpiles are never published. When I was active in the Army reserves, we were shooting 50 caliber ammo made in 1943. One summer the active-duty force shipped 27 semi-trailer loads of ammo to a National Guard base for just annual training most of it the oldest ammo in the system.

[@RitaLimWilby]

Yes, the US is making use of the opportunity to deplete old ammo, as it probably costs less to ship it away than to explode and dispose locally.

[@pauldillon3179]

Ben...right on the button.

[@Ninapia347]

Could not find that website for Ben Jones.

[@misterwirez7731]

Fantastic. Just wish there was video.

[@timothykatende8484]

What has Dom got to say about Seymour Hersh submission on the Nordstream and its implications on NATO given the fact NATO attacked NATO

[@eddiej6195]

Astonishing silence by the media and NATO

[@jimgraham6722]

Not fact, it's just an assertion. Anyway the pipeline is owned by the Russian company Gazprom. So it was an attack on Russian property. This pipeline was clearly a ploy to sap European strategic and economic strength. Whoever did it, I would say job well done. I hope it remains out of service for a very long time.

[@Harry-wb7uv]

They can't compute that. It doesn't fit in their world view...

[@AcuteTomato]

@@jimgraham6722 Gazprom owns 51%. German, French and Dutch companies own the rest. Cui bono: US & Norway, who did it ...?

[@paulgibbon5991]

Botski reported.

[@mrscalabashcooks9300]

Superb ‘Broadcast’

[@RightSideNews]

Great episode

[@pauldillon3179]

Yes...thanks.

[@brombo00]

Oh, so Russia is running out of cruise missiles...again. We first heard this reassuring story in June 2021 but they are still using them. For how long can Russia be 'running out' before they actually don't have any more to use?

[@AcuteTomato]

Moscow Times was reporting it in May 22. They are not based in Russia by the way and are funded via crowdfunding which probably hides the government money nicely.

[@paulgibbon5991]

Their rate of fire has sure decreased. Why is Russia using AA missiles to attack cities?

[@PeaLoop]

Great podcast.

[@oleksii8182]

Yeah, lights were up in Kyiv for 5 days now. Pretty neat that.

[@vaughanbean1156]

Jeez Dom the Geppard doesnt lob a load of lead into the air. it sends a five round burst to identified targets, then interrogates the target and then repeats, usually dealing with the target with 2 - 3 bursts ie 10 rounds not a load of lead, although that would be very satisfying to see.

[@teapot4two610]

Keep up the good work. Time to pop one's balloon.

[@Paulus8765]

34:23 "... A clear violation of the 4th Geneva Convention." Call it 'genocide', or be complicit in it.

[@jimgraham6722]

Balloons with corner reflectors are weather balloons used for measuring wind direction. They could be used to draw fire but this is unlikely as most fire control systems use Doppler gating to identify and get rid of false targets riding the wind They could also be used for setting wind compensation in cruise missiles lacking inertial or satellite guidance.

[@rezakarampour6286]

Hysteria in the United State over Chinese Weather Balloon .

[@triple777kodiak]

@@rezakarampour6286 Of coarse the WOKE people populating the upper East coast and West coast are hysterical...Most US Citizens are without hysteria, rather they're pissed-off the countries Southern Border continues to stay wide-open attempting to collapse American's REAL traditional values. Additionally, American citizens DO NOT trust communist's, the communist countries of China and Russia. Bottom line, stop messing with Americans of the United States (emphasis on Americans) in-turn the USA will stay-out of other countries business...American's support the Ukrainian people, it's Leadership and the hero fighters for a free Ukraine without Orc influence and interference! Ukraine Slava! Ukraine will be victorious!

[@RitaLimWilby]

@@rezakarampour6286 the administration and US media would rather keep talking about weather balloons than debate the serious report of Seymour Hersh on the disabling of Nordstrom 1 &2.

[@rezakarampour6286]

@@RitaLimWilby Search KZbin . . ' Ukraine Debate , Not Allowed on American TV . ' ( Jimmy Dore Show )

[@tubthump]

@@RitaLimWilby correct. I just heard that Biden acknowledged they're not even from China.

[@timseytiger9280]

Wow 1.1 million in Germany, how many have the UK taken?

[@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl]

Good point. Germany has taken in 1,15 million refugees and additionally 309,000 asylum seekers.

[@roberta4760]

From the black sea!!! If some are from ships ,sink them!!!

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

Launched from out of Ukraine's anti ship missile reach and / or launched from submarines that retreat under the waves.

[@realRainz]

Let Ukraine deploy Balloons over Russia, Moskow, etc, let them go nuts

[@robertsteele474]

The US cannot afford balloons for Ukraine. They spent all the money on tanks.

[@oleksii8182]

My thoughts exactly. No warhead, just a bunch of balloons.

[@realRainz]

@@robertsteele474 Don't speak for my country bro

[@robertsteele474]

@@realRainz My taxes. I can speak whatever I want, bro.

[@realRainz]

@@robertsteele474 And so am I as a taxpayer, I get my voice heard, let's cut spending elsewhere, there are plenty of waist goes around besides relatively small expanse for Ukraine

[@Balmorax]

The video is missing, guys. Ukraine will win.

[@ToddBridges-ko9rg]

Wake up it's a podcast done on radio

[@Rod732]

@@ToddBridges-ko9rg this man ? always comment the same in every podcast

[@robertsteele474]

@@ToddBridges-ko9rg ..but this is a video channel.

[@tubthump]

Lol

[@mwtrolle]

Probably they should use them on some of the bases being build by Russia when they are full at some point, and on Russian war production and fuel facilities.

[@marcm.]

While satellite pictures show the main cities to be lit at night time, the rest of Ukraine seems a little dark in those same satellite images. I'm not calling pants on fire on this, because I'm pretty certain that a large portion as in 90+% is in fact able to get electricity most of the time. But I would say that the satellite pictures do speak volumes

[@pauldillon3179]

Educate ourselves about the prevalent disinformation/misinformation so prevalent around us....coming from social and conventional media...which is endemic.

[@U.H8]

💙💙💙💙🙏🏻💛💛💛💛

[@Rod732]

🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️

[@davidmotleyjester]

Listening to British guests talk about censorship as if it's something responsible is sickening. And of course frightening and evil.

[@jimgraham6722]

For the west the issue is not investment in weapons manufacture, it is a question of industrial mobilisation for war. The west has been caught with pants down. Mobilisation has to happen now.

[@Liendoelcm]

Balloons... Would they not drift according to the prevailing winds? Are the prevailing winds in Ukraine not from west to east?

[@robertsteele474]

Logic is not allowed.

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

Winds go different directions at different altitudes. They are steered by using air as ballast -- pumping in into and out of the outer balloon (envelope) .

[@jimgraham6722]

Over Ukraine winds go all over the place largely depending on time of year. Strong south easterlies are not uncommon.

[@judyjackson2260]

Putin doesn't miss a trick. Anything he can think up, he'll do.

[@Harry-wb7uv]

When will the war end?

[@Thunder73458]

heroes + Palantir = Victory. bye bye Orcs

[@tubthump]

Lol.

[@Harry-wb7uv]

🤣

[@timseytiger9280]

Wow I think Brexit was a big enough moment

[@draganjagodic4056]

All fine and well, yet, had the West so massively supported Croatia and Bosnia back in 1990ies, Serbia and Bosnian Serbs would not be Russian satellites now and as such, risk on the southern flank of NATO.

[@bradsharkey2903]

So funny that Russia is too scared to overfly UKR controlled airspace. Do they not have the ability to launch SEAD missions? I would never have believed how pathetic the RU military is overall if this war had never been launched.

[@Afeldtarn]

No, it's called minimizing losses. And it's sad to see people bought the western psychotic lies.

[@duncanbirnie4158]

There will only be one winner in this war and that’s NATO? At the expense of Ukrain.This war has been a huge wake up call to the west of the danger of the beast in the east,the ending of reliance on Russian energy,and the need to rearm NATO ,the need to strengthen alliances and be more vigilant on what is happening in Russia and China,the world has been asleep to these threats of for too long and become complacent.But it has come at a terrible cost to Ukrain 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😙

[@chriscalderin6677]

Anyone a puppet of media like this needs to learn history and how to use the internet

[@roncollins1046]

We have superpowers taunting each other with balloons, we have tech giants offering to teach us how to sort truth from lies by watching 15-second cartoons produced by robots, we have heads of state and senior journalists using the non-verb 'to tweet' as if it were a serious idea, we have everyone above the age of four permanently attached to a handheld supercomputer that decides for them what it is they want to think about, we have dissertation committees on the verge of calling AI programs that can write academic papers on request a good thing, we have some crackpot trying to sell seats on a ship to Mars currently in charge of an army at war's communication systems..... Don't even bother to ask me why I have been calling this The Century of Stupid for years already.

[@Koryogden]

It's a war for critical-thinking and higher stages of perspective vs the Matrix of Idiocracy

[@Interglacial_optimist]

Poor-man's airwar blew up an oil refinery. Oops. Keep ignoring the facts on the ground...

[@stefansekulic7903]

Yeh and a spaceship.

[@icemanvamp7433]

Really Telegraph??? Russia is still running out of missiles????🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Rod732]

China and iran are both providing weapons to russia

[@icemanvamp7433]

@@Rod732 what's your point exactly

[@matinsargent2085]

Ñ

[@vaughanbean1156]

going comment crazy here ..attritional warfare needs your own production and degrading your enemy's production. We are ding neither. How do we expect to win? Ukrainian blood will run out eventually.

[@djoleclif]

AHAHAHA they keep saying russia is out of missiles for the last seven months,the reason why russia is using lower number of missiles is bcs they destroyed almost everything they wanted,

[@HungryGhost999]

Ok 🙄

[@Harry-wb7uv]

Plus they're saving them for a larger offensive and or a possible broader conflict with Poland/nato...

[@paulgibbon5991]

Heavy coping.

[@podnolej7784]

Ukraine should have remained neutral, this will not end the way Ukraine wants it to.

[@APW554]

Long term Ukraine will be a NATO member and Russia will be another North Korea .

[@surfaceten510n]

Propaganda.

[@mainwolfgaming9935]

lies lolololololololol Russia needs to wrap this up...

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

By leaving the former Soviet satellites, of course.

[@jimgraham6722]

Free Navalny, god bless Litvinenko

[@Harry-wb7uv]

Time is on their side😉

[@krazyswede11]

The telegraph's story hour begins a little lie here and a little lie there buy outstanding journaliars

[@beezihester9807]

Why does this crap pop up

[@wisdon]

but why continuously KZbin shows ne this propaganda channel

[@rezakarampour6286]

Propaganda . What is your source of nonsense ?

[@Rod732]

Don't cry muskovita

[@stefansekulic7903]

Don't cry for me Khomeini😅.

[@icemanvamp7433]

Their sources are their feelings

[@Harry-wb7uv]

Their propaganda sources are The Ukrainian and UK defence ministeries...

[@mathiaslofstedt5956]

Oh, how nice. Putin support from another terror state.

[@rezakarampour6286]

Victory Belongs to Russia .

[@stefansekulic7903]

Take your pills, russbot

[@sandyflowers9201]

That is not victory. This is cowardly attacking his neighbor.

[@osric1730]

@@stefansekulic7903 Iranbot actually.

[@234cheech]

IL CRACK THE F JOKES PAL

[@stefansekulic7903]

@@osric1730 Is there a difference?