363. Oreshnik Over Lviv: Winter Strikes and the Shadow Fleet
As Ukraine slips from the international headlines in favour of turmoil in Venezuela and Iran, Roger Moorhouse and Saul David examine a week of "curious" developments and renewed escalation. With temperatures plunging to -14°C, Russia has intensified its campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, launching a rare Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile at Lviv—a strike less than 50 miles from the Polish border that the Kremlin frames as a "false flag" retaliation.
The hosts also dive into the escalating maritime war, discussing the capture of the Russian shadow fleet tanker…
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