Ep 1617: Putin’s War - Putin’s miscalculations may cost Russia dearly

Senator Tom Clonan talks to Eamon about the death of Private Sean Rooney in Lebanon and the critical injury of Trooper Shane Kearney while they served with UN peacekeepers. Also Russia's military campaign as Ukraine claims hundreds of Russians troops killed by missile attack in Makiivka on a former vocational college.

Published: 04/01/2023

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