Charles Maines
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534 appearances
55 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 5 Sep
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something they really can do almost at will now that Kyiv is low on U.S.-made interceptors like the Patriot missiles.
So both sides are also, I should say, hacking away at the other's ability to export grain to the Black Sea region.
That's raised concerns about global food shortages as we head into the winter months.
And if that's not bad enough, there's also a possible new front in Europe with NATO allies increasingly angry over alleged Russian hybrid attacks and sabotage that risk the war spilling beyond Ukraine.
Well, Russian President Vladimir Putin insists they don't and that this is all kind of anti-Russian hype by European politicians, even though he has threatened to respond to European military aid to Ukraine.
And clearly something is going on.
I mean, there's been a spate of sabotage and cyber attack incidents across Europe, even most recently a failed drone attack on a German airport.
And if indeed these incidents are sponsored by Russia, and for example, the Germans now openly say the airport incident was, they present a challenge because these attacks are seemingly not enough to trigger a military response by NATO, but they still undermine European security.
So how to defuse the situation?
Well, enter Witkopf and Kushner, perhaps, two figures that Putin has made clear are welcome in Moscow.
Well, safe passage, for one.
That's no small thing, given that Ukraine has threatened to swarm Russian skies with drones to the point where it's unsafe to fly.
Thank you.
For months, waves of Ukrainian drones have attacked targets in Russia, yet a new report by Britain's Times newspapers says some recent strikes were carried out using British-made drones, a claim not independently verified by NPR.
The story has prompted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to warn Moscow now had the right to regard the UK as a direct participant in the war with, quote, all the ensuing consequences.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has responded by vowing London's support for Kiev remains steadfast.
The U.K.
has been one of Ukraine's key military backers throughout the war, even as the U.S.
has cut back support for Kiev in favor of pursuing a diplomatic settlement with the Kremlin.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
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