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Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dominated world news since tanks, jets and troops first crossed Ukraine's borders in February 2022. Every weekday, the Telegraph's top journalists analyse the conflict from all angles.
The team brings you updates on the war in Ukraine and is the most listened to Ukraine war podcast. The team considers military strategy, history, economics, the refugee crisis, Ukrainian culture, and daily life in Vladimir Putin's autocratic Russia and Volodymyr Zelensky's democratic Ukraine.
On 'Ukraine: The Latest', the pre-eminent podcast for Ukraine updates, our correspondents on the ground talk to experts and civilians to cover every aspect of Russia's brutal invasion.
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Putin talks peace as he’s hit by more missiles
Day 814.
Today, we discuss whether more Ukrainian strikes in Crimea and Russia have pushed Putin to start talking about negotiations, and hear of another senior Russian military official sacked, in what is starting to look like a purge of the top echelons of Russia’s defence establishment.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Jen Stout (Freelance Journalist and author) @jm_stout on X. Her new book 'Night train to Odesa' is out now: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/night-train-to-odesa/
Articles Referenced:
'Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines' (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/
'Ukraine starts sending convicts to fight Russia' (The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/23/ukraine-starts-sending-convicts-to-fight-russia/
'Migrating eagles are avoiding war-torn Ukraine' (The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/20/greater-spotted-eagle-avoid-ukraine-russia-war/
Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest
Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk
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Is Biden about to allow US weapons to be used to attack Russian soil?
Day 813.
Today, we discuss the latest from the Kharkiv battlefield, hear warnings from Norwegian intelligence of Russian sabotage operations across Europe, ask whether there’s about to be a shift in US policy over the use of western weapons inside Russia. Later, we hear about a new film exploring the soldiers road to redemption.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Levison Wood (Former paratrooper turned writer, photographer and documentary film maker). @Levisonwood on X.
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Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk
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Russia’s ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills & Ukraine’s theory of victory
Day 812.
Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Chemical Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on X.
Dalibor Rohac (Senior Fellow AEI) @DaliborRohac on X.
'The villages near Kharkiv were recovering. Fleeing again, their people feel betrayed by the west – and I understand why' (Ada Wordsworth in The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/kharkiv-betrayed-west-ukraine-russia-war
'A Theory of Victory for Ukraine' (Andriy Zagorodnyuk and Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs):
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/theory-victory-ukraine
Putin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/
'The EU is failing Georgia, just as it failed Ukraine' (Dalibor Rohac in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/21/the-eu-is-failing-georgia-just-as-it-failed-ukraine/
'Exclusive: Pentagon's Russian Oil Red Line Questioned' (Newsweek)
https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-oil-hubs-red-line-1902516
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Putin ‘sets sights on Sumy’ & Russia targets German speakers in search for cannon fodder
Day 811.
Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
James Kilner (Editor of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin). @jkjourno on X.
With thanks to RAZOM'S Melinda Haring (@melindaharing), Ania Soloveiua (@AnnaSoloveiua), and Daniel Solchanyk (@DanielSolchanyk).
To learn more about RAZOM's work, visit:
https://www.razomforukraine.org/
For their update on the Kharkiv humanitarian crisis, see:
https://www.razomforukraine.org/kharkiv-under-siege-evacuations-resistance-and-the-plight-of-vovchansk-and-lyptsi/
Articles Referenced:
Putin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/
Roland and Joe's In-Depth analysis of the Battle for Kharkiv (plus maps) -
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/16/russia-new-offensive-kharkiv-border-donbas-kyiv-ukraine/
Report on the Russian sanctuary created in Kharkiv (Institute for the Study of War):
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/putins-safe-space-defeating-russias-kharkiv-operation-requires-eliminating-russias
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Has Russia's diversion failed?
Day 810.
Today, we discuss the latest from the battlefields of Ukraine and Russia, take a brief look at the implications of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and talk to Foreign Correspondent Colin Freeman about his recent reporting tour in the Donbas.
Contributors:
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
RolandOliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant onX.
Colin Freeman (Foreign Correspondent). @ColinFreeman on X.
Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest
Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk
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Putin claims ‘no plans’ to capture Kharkiv & huge drone attack on Russian naval bases
Day 807.
Today, as Putin updates the world about his plans for the Kharkiv offensive, we discuss Ukraine’s huge drone attack on Russian naval bases overnight. Plus, we hear from distinguished Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko and hear an update on demining battlefields. Finally, we hear an interview from David Knowles on the ground in Lviv.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Illia Ponomarenko (co-founder of the Kyiv Independent). @IAPonomarenko on X.
James Cowan (CEO of HALO Trust). @TheHALOTrust on X.
With thanks, too, to Andrew Todos (British Ukrainian Sports Journalist). @AndrewTodos on X.
Article / Book Referenced:
Roland and Joe's In-Depth analysis of the Battle for Kharkiv (plus maps) -
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/16/russia-new-offensive-kharkiv-border-donbas-kyiv-ukraine/
'I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv' by Illia Ponomarenko
https://t.co/xefS6FAxq6
Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest
Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk
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This is my best source for news about the war in Ukraine. The interviews, reporting and analysis are top-notch. I’m very grateful for the stunning amount of work, organization and analysis that goes into every episode. It took me a couple of years to find it, but I now listen regularly. I have been unable to find this level of detailed reporting anywhere, without subscribing to a ton of newspapers, but don’t have the money or unlimited time to do that.
For anyone who doesn’t want to see America dragged into another conflagration we could have prevented if we hadn’t shamefully dragged our feet when we had the chance to stop it, this podcast is essential listening. This is actually a war between democracy and autocracy, and if the democracies have been slow to recognize this, Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, et.al., have not.
There’s nothing like it on U.S. news, most of which is wall-to-wall coverage of the Trump porn trial, night after night, as if World War III weren’t already beginning on the other side of the world.
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I listen to a lot of podcasts. And I don’t stay with many of them for that long. But the Telegraph’s Ukraine, The Latest has stayed with me for over two years now. Thanks for your reporting, it is incredibly important and meaningful.