Luke Harding
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 24 Aug
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Today in Focus · Is the tide turning for Ukraine in war with Russia? – The Latest · 23 Apr 2026
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It's the appearance of action
without actual action.
So I think diplomatically we can expect very little.
Yeah, I mean, Prince Harry, his visit to Kiev is definitely a morale booster.
Last time he came, he brought the Guardian with him.
This time he's dropped the Guardian and taken ITN with him.
But you can see, you know, the video shows people hugging him on arrival at the train station.
I think that's kind of genuine affection for him.
And also actually for the UK.
It's very strange to live and work in a country where the UK is really popular.
I mean, after Brexit, generally, we weren't very popular in many places.
But the UK has loved it, seen as being a really solid ally, where support, interestingly, comes from across the political spectrum, which is not the case in the US or much of continental Europe.
Steve Witkoff is supposed to work for the United States, not Russia.
This peace deal, in inverted commas, I'm waving my arms around just to make clear this is inverted commas, was...
released 28-point peace deal, which the Trump administration said it was a US plan.
And actually, of course, it wasn't a US plan at all.
It was a Russian plan.
Basically, it was the surrender documents that was cooked up between Steve Witkoff, Trump's special envoy, who's been to Moscow many times.
He's making his sixth trip to Russia as we speak.
And Kirill Dmitriev, who is Vladimir Putin's emissary, a businessman,
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