YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJ-Gc5Kxu8
Day 1,318.
Today, after yet another drone incursion forces the closure of a major European airport - this time in Germany - we examine growing calls from officials to take tougher measures, including shooting drones down on sight. We’ll also look at one of Ukraine’s most far-reaching strikes to date, more than 1,400 kilometers inside Russia, before turning to some of the lighter, more curious moments in encounters between Russian presidents and world leaders. Later, we bring you our latest dispatch from Odesa, where debate is intensifying over whether to remove a certain statue of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
CONTENT REFERENCED:
Francis’s Video Documentary ‘The Battle for Odesa: Ukraine’s Culture War’ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM
Fears US shutdown will delay weapons shipments to Ukraine (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/02/us-shutdown-weapons-shipments-ukraine/
Let Nato jets pursue Russian intruders across borders, urges Estonia (The Telegraph):