North Korea 'sending 50,000 troops' as its missiles fall on Ukraine & Wildberries campaign re-ignites as 156,000m2 warehouse ablaze

Day 1,628.

Today, as President Zelensky warns that as many as 50,000 North Korean troops could be preparing to deploy to Russia, we examine what a renewed role for Pyongyang could mean for the war in Ukraine. We also report on Ukraine’s latest strikes against Wildberries, after one of the Russian e-commerce giant’s largest warehouses was set ablaze overnight, as Kyiv continues targeting the logistics infrastructure sustaining Moscow’s war machine. Then we turn to politics inside Russia, where a top Moscow court has barred an opposition anti-war party from standing in September’s elections, offering another glimpse of the Kremlin’s tightening grip on political life. And later, we hear firsthand what life is like in some of Ukraine’s key frontline cities as the war enters a new and potentially dangerous phase, from a journalist who has just returned from the battlefield.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Sophie O'Sullivan (Telegraph Journalist).

With thanks to journalist and author Felicity Spector. @felicityspector on Instagram.

Producer: Phil Atkins

Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett

Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan

Social Producer: Tom Steed

Studio Director: Meghan Searle

Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley

Created by David Knowles

NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE:

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Felicity’s Book ‘Bread and War’:

https://amzn.eu/d/07Go8UBm

Learn more about ‘Bake for Ukraine’:

https://bakeforukraine.org/

Putin’s war machine scours the home front for recruits (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/45289802-848f-4fa6-9769-6971b4b69bcc?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Janis Kluge’s Substack:

https://janiskluge.substack.com/p/russian-recruitment-stabilizes-at

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HIGHLIGHTS:

• North Korea 'sending 50,000 troops' as its missiles fall on Ukraine
• Wildberries campaign re-ignites as 156,000m2 warehouse ablaze

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