I love that the BBC view me as somebody they can invite on to discuss Russia-Ukraine, and then tell me on the call that it’s about a particular case in the broader context of Russian air defence forces and NATO air forces occasionally using electronic warfare on each other to let them know they are unwelcome; or the broader context of Ukraine and Russia putting ordnance onto each other’s capitals. No need to … y’now, send me a set of bullet points or a one-pager.Should I be saying Vlad instead of Ivan? Is Ivan too last-century?This is a freebie post, because the podcast is brief, and because it will be outpaced by events fairly quickly, so making some people wait a day seems to defeat the purpose. Also, the video looks as though I recorded this with wet hair because I did.

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