Luke Harding

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461 appearances 6 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 24 Aug

Luke Harding’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Today in Focus · Zelenskyy ousts Ukraine army chief after protests - The Latest · 22 Jul 2026 podcast
It's more optimistic.
And that's because...
Over the last few months, Ukraine has really been pulverizing Russia with targets on oil refineries, military warehouses, ports, roads.
It's destroyed nearly 200 oil tankers and ships in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea in a very clinical and systematic way.
And in this drone war, because the war now is a drone war, you get the feeling that Ukraine has the upper hand.
Today in Focus · Is the tide turning for Ukraine in war with Russia? – The Latest · 23 Apr 2026 podcast
What you have to understand is that war has changed.
I mean, forget the Second World War movies you've seen, brave soldiers kind of running across fields and things like that.
I mean, the Russians still do that, but with very little success.
We go on about talks and resolution and negotiations.
It's kind of pseudo-diplomacy.
The reality is that Putin doesn't want to stop this war.
I would say actually the mood in Ukraine is definitely more positive, a bit more optimistic than the last time we spoke, Lucy.
I mean, for a start, the power is back.
You can see the lights behind me in my hotel in Kiev.
So Russia's attempt to basically freeze Ukraine out in the winter failed.
And meanwhile, as you say, on the battlefield, the Russians have...
really been making very slow progress.
In fact, no progress at all practically in March with Ukrainian forces even having some kind of tactical success in the south where they've been recapturing a few smashed up villages in the gray zone.
And the sort of international picture is complicated, but it's mixed.
But there is good news for Ukraine as well.
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