50,000 Russian troops had to be redeployed to Kursk, claims Kyiv & preserving culture in Ukraine

Day 962.

Today, further the latest military and political updates, we hear from a colleague of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who has reportedly died in Russian captivity, and from representatives of the British Council to discuss the work of their organisation on the ground in Ukraine.

Contributors:

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

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

With thanks to British Council CEO Scott McDonald & its Ukraine Country Director Colm McGivern and Inna Varenytsia (Journalist). @InnaVarenytsia on X.

Content Referenced:

Putin owes Iran - he may be about to find out how much (James Kilner in The Telegraph) -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/11/putin-owes-iran-may-find-out-how-much/

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna ‘dies in Russian captivity’ (The Telegraph) -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/10/ukrainian-journalist-dies-russian-jail/

No war won by single weapon, says No 10 (The Telegraph) - 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/10/starmer-storm-shadow-ukraine-russia-zelensky-nato/

David's episode on underground schools in Ukraine - 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lessons-in-a-bomb-shelter-going-to-school-in-wartime-ukraine/id1612424182?i=1000662968777

Learn more about the British Council:

https://www.britishcouncil.org/

https://www.britishcouncil.org.ua/en

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