Mystery blasts cripple Russian fleets in port & Putin to unleash '1,000 missiles and drones a day' on Ukraine

Day 1,230.

Today, as Ukraine was hit over the weekend in Kharkiv, Kherson, Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka, and Ukraine attacked Russia’s airfields and fleets, we discuss the positive phone call between Trump and Zelensky, and dive into political fractures in Ukraine. Then we speak with Sam Cook about his foundation and the role of history in wartime.

Contributors:

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.

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

Sam Cooke (Founder, Borderlands Foundation). @SamuelPNCook on X.

Content Referenced:

Learn More about the Borderlands Foundation:

https://borderlands-foundation.org/

Link to The Ukraine Freedom Summit:

https://ukrainefreedomsummit.org/

Ukraine’s political infighting gets nasty (The Economist):

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/07/06/ukraines-political-infighting-gets-nasty

Mark Rutte interview in The New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/magazine/mark-rutte-interview.html  

93rd Brigade Post:

https://x.com/93OMBr1/status/1941134571619393548 

Putin's choice of a long war in Ukraine (Le Monde)

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/07/07/putin-s-choice-of-a-long-war-in-ukraine_6743095_23.html

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