Ukraine: The Latest
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Lithuania faces down Putin over Kaliningrad amid heavy fighting across Ukraine
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 118.Today we discuss the news from Ukraine and Europe, looking in detail at the spat between Russia and Lithuania over Kaliningrad. Plus, we look ...
Ukraine strikes Snake Island and we get the view from Central Asia as Putin threatens Kazakhstan
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 117.Today, we discuss the latest updates from Ukraine and Europe, and analyse the view of Putin’s invasion from central Asia with our correspond...
Inside the secretive world of shipping Russia's tainted oil
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 113.Today, we look into the shadowy world of Russian oil. With Moscow threatened by sanctions, our Economics Reporter Louis Ashworth explains how,...
EU leaders go to Kyiv and how Ukrainian schools are teaching their students about the war
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 112.Today, we discuss events in Ukraine and Europe looking at the visit to Kyiv from the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania. Plus, anal...
Live on the ground in Donbas & on the road with the British Defence Secretary
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 112.Today we discuss the latest updates from across Ukraine and Europe with Telegraph correspondent Nicola Smith in Ukraine, Assistant comment edi...
Russia blows up bridges in Severodonetsk & we speak to Olia Hercules on Russian colonialism and life for Ukrainians refugees
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 111.Today, we discuss updates from across the battlefront and speak to Ukrainian Chef and Food Writer Olia Hercules about her and her family’s e...
Ukraine holds on in the Donbas while the invaders 'Russify' the occupied south
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 110.Today, we discuss the latest updates from across Ukraine and Europe, look at how much money Russia has made from selling fossil fuels this yea...
Putin's 'Peter the Great' moment & Angela Merkel breaks her silence
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 107.Today, we analyse the latest news from Ukraine, discussing the implications made by remarks made by Putin on Thursday, in which the Russian le...
Intense fighting across the Donbas and Ukrainian partisans strike in Kherson
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 106.Today, we discuss the latest updates from across Ukraine, focusing on the battle in the Donbas. Plus, we analyse the emergence and implicatio...
Life in Kyiv after 105 days of war & how satellites are helping Ukraine
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 105.Today, we discuss the latest updates from across the front lines, hear from our reporter on the ground in Ukraine, and find out how satellites...
How Putin is weaponising the global food crisis and what the world can do
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 104.Today, we discuss the Russian attacks on grain silos and ask what, realistically, the world can do. Plus, Dom Nicholls answers a listener's qu...
A battle of artillery at the front, how Ukrainians are escaping Russia and Ukraine's 'Nude Army'
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 103.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war, hear from Estonia and also the United Kingdom where one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest a...
100 days of war: how did we come to this and what's next?
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 100.Today marks 100 days since the start of the war in Ukraine. The conflict has upended global geopolitics, energy and food supplies, and caused ...
What history can teach us in this conflict, and have Russia learnt from early mistakes: The team answers your questions
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 99.As the UK spends the day celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Ukraine: The Latest team answer some of your questions, covering a wide ...
Russia presses Severodonetsk and the world searches for Potash
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 98.Today, we discuss intense fighting in the Donbas, as Russian forces close in on Severodonetsk and we look at the intricacies of the impact of t...
Russia's Donbas offensive, China's reaction to the war and the threat of famine in Africa
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 97.Today, we discuss the Russian offensive in the Donbas, the latest news from the European diplomatic stage and analyse how Chinese views of the ...
90 years after Europe appeased Hitler, is it making the same mistakes?
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 96.Last week, diplomacy was at the forefront of the news with arguments raging over what kind of peace Ukraine should aim for with Russia. The dis...
The battle in the East rages on and we discover how special Ukrainian whisky is helping the army
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 93.Today, we discuss the latest news from the battlefront, focussing on the Donbas, and whether there are some positives Ukraine can take from the...
On the ground in the Donbas as Ukraine's defence creaks under Russian pressure
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 92.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war as The Telegraph's Roland Oliphant calls in, live, from the Donbas. Plus, a look at the ongoi...
Understanding the fighting in the Donbas
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 91.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war, including the fighting that's raging across the Donbas. Plus Dom Nicholls answers your quest...
Russia pushes hard in the Donbas and understanding Ukraine's diplomatic position
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 90.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war, including fierce fighting in the Central Donbas region. Plus an interview with Julia Osmóls...
Zelensky's message to Davos, mounting Russian losses & what is the new 'Terminator' tank?
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 89.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war, look at Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, and unpack the R...
Is Putin trying to starve the world into submission?
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 86.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war in Ukraine, including Putin's weaponisation of global food supplies and the economic impact o...
On the ground in the Donetsk region & rehoming a dog from a warzone
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 85.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war in Ukraine, including the resurgence of Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv. We also speak to The ...
What will happen to the Azovstal fighters?
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 84.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war in Ukraine including the fate of the Ukrainian soldiers following their evacuation from the A...
Azovstal surrenders, economic trouble in the West & we call a Ukrainian MP
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 83.Today, we discuss the surrender and evacuation of soldiers in Mariupol's Azovstal steel-plant and analyse the impact of the war on Western econ...
Ukraine's counter offensive around Kharkiv & what Finland and Sweden joining would mean for NATO
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 82.Today, we discuss Ukraine's counter offensive around Kharkiv & what Finland and Sweden joining would mean for NATO.Contributors: David...
Ukraine blows Russian forces away at a river crossing and an interview with Ukraine's Eurovision commentator
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 79.Today, we discuss Ukraine's attack on a Russian ship near Snake Island, a small but strategic output in the Black Sea. Plus, we interview Timur...
Finland bids to join NATO and on the ground from Kyiv
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 78.Today, we analyse Finland’s announcement that it will apply to join NATO ‘without delay’ and we’re joined live from Kyiv by Colin Freem...
Ukraine pushes Russia back from Kharkiv and Vladimir Putin's strategic errors
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 77.Today, we discuss the Ukrainian counter-offensive around Kharkiv, the ongoing battle for Snake Island and analyse the three major strategic err...
Understanding the Cyberwar & undercover from Moldova
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 76.Today, we discuss the cyberwar in the conflict and ask whether the West has overestimated Russia’s military capabilities for years.Plus,...
Putin's victory day parade & Russia's looming default
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 75.Today, we explore Putin's Victory Day parade in Moscow and discuss how the Russian economy is still teetering on the edge of default.Cont...
Yachts, Oligarchs & the view from Washington
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 72.Today, we discuss the latest updates and Business reporter, Ben Gartside, gives us the lowdown on Russian oligarchs' yachts and Western sanctio...
‘Bloody battles’ at Azovstal steelworks and a trip to Finland with Ben Wallace
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 71.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the front lines and Dom Nicholls will give us an account of his trip yesterday to Finland with the Br...
EU threatens Russia with Oil embargo & performing stand-up comedy in a Kyiv bomb shelter
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 70.Today we discuss the latest updates from the front lines and this week’s economic developments.Plus, an exclusive interview with Ukrainian st...
Boris Johnson on Ukraine’s finest hour
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 69.Today we look at Boris Johnson’s address to the Ukrainian parliament and analyse the latest tactical and strategic news from the war.Contribu...
Notes from a month on the ground in Ukraine
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a break from our normal programme due to a public holiday in the UK, Telegraph journalist Sophie Coe interviews The Telegraph's Campbell Macdiarmid...
Furious fighting rages in the Donbas
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 65.Today we examine the latest developments in the battle of Donbas and the news that President Joe Biden has asked congress for 33 billion dollar...
Russia's Black Sea blockade & interview with a Ukrainian TV anchor
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 64.Today we’ll examine the latest developments in Russia’s invasion, from Mariupol’s last stand to the protests against Russian rule in the ...
Putin shuts off the gas to Poland & Bulgaria, American spies and understanding the tension in Transnistria
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 63.Today we’ll examine the latest developments in Russia’s invasion, look at how American spies are helping Ukraine, and discuss the impa...
Germany's U-turn, trouble in Moldova & further evidence of Russian war crimes
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 62.Today we look at the latest developments in Russia’s invasion - analyse Germany’s decision to start sending tanks to Ukraine - and answer y...
Fire at a Russian fuel depot, Antony Blinken visits Ukraine and the fall-out from the French election
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 61.Today we discuss the battle in the Donbas, the fire at the Bryansk fuel depot in Russia and the latest visit from US Secretary of Defence ...
Suspected mass graves in Mariupol & how a Ukrainian chef is rebuilding her career in London
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 58.Today we look at the new evidence of mass graves in the city of Mariupol, look at the latest updates from across the front and pose the questio...
Putin unveils a new nuclear weapon & Zelensky's 3-year anniversary
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 57.Today we discuss the battles raging across the east of Ukraine and the siege of Mariupol, report on the latest diplomatic spat between the Euro...
The siege of Mariupol, German reluctance and your questions answered
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 56.Today we discuss the siege of Mariupol, looking at the battle over the Azovstal steel plant, and in detail at the rest of the front in the D...
The battle for the Donbas begins
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 55.Today we discuss the Russian offensive on the Donbas region, plus the impact of Vladimir Putin banning Russian companies from foreign stock ...
Life as a Ukrainian journalist on the front line
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 51.In this interview special, we speak with Iryna Ukhina, a Ukrainian News Correspondent and translator for The Telegraph's reporter, Danielle She...
Ukraine strikes back, understanding the Russian economy & what do the Nuremberg trials teach us about war crimes?
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 50.Today we discuss Ukraine's attack on Russia's Black Sea flagship, explore the strength of the Russian rouble, and finally, what history can tea...
The latest from Mariupol & aiding refugees in Ukraine
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 49.Today we discuss the latest situation in Mariupol and speak to Ukrainian activists in Kyiv and London.Contributors:David Knowles (Host)Francis ...
The Fall of Mariupol, chemical weapons and Russia's economy
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 48.Today we discuss the siege in Mariupol, accusations of Russia using chemical weapons, and the impact of the conflict on the economies of Russia...
Boris Johnson and Ursula Von der Leyen go to Kyiv
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 47.Today we discuss the latest tactical and strategic updates from across Ukraine, including the surprise trip from British Prime Minister Boris J...
Missile strike in the Donbas Region & China's response to Russia
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 44.Today we discuss the latest tactical and strategic updates from across Ukraine, the situation in the Donbas region and the action, or inaction,...
Life under Russian occupation & analysis of a tank battle
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 43.Today, we discuss the latest updates from the Russian invasion, plus in-depth decoding of a tank battle. Also on the podcast, we catch up with ...
Terror in Borodyanka and what do Russians really think of the war?
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 42.Today, we discuss the latest updates from Ukraine and speak to our Moscow correspondent on how Russian citizens see the war.Contributors:David ...
Russia forced back & reporting on the ground from Bucha
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 41.Today, we examine the Russian army’s retreat and redeployment to the East. Plus, our reporter Danielle Sheridan gives her report from on the ...
War crimes in Bucha
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 40.Today, the latest updates from the frontline, with a look at the reports of war crimes in Irpin and Bucha. Plus, an insight into the latest sit...
Russian retreat, NATO's Arctic strategy and life in Lviv
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 37.The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the latest updates in the Ukraine conflict. Today, we look at the latest news from the frontline, e...
Russian gas, sabotage in Belarus and what's behind the success of Ukraine's air force
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 36.The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the latest updates in the Ukraine conflict. Today, Dominic Nicholls, the Telegraph’s Defence, Ass...
Ukraine's impact on Boris Johnson and reaction from Poland
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 35.The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the latest updates in the Ukraine conflict, including whether Boris Johnson owes his ongoing surviv...
Russian peace talks & did Putin poison Abramovich?
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 34.The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the latest updates in the Ukraine conflict, including ongoing peace talks and the apparent poisonin...
Are Joe Biden's gaffes derailing the West's response to Putin?
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 33.The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the latest updates in the Ukraine conflict over the weekend. Plus, an in-depth look at whether Joe ...
Chemical weapons, inside Mariupol and is Putin making the same mistakes as Stalin?
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 30.The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the West's red line with chemical weapons. Plus, an in-depth look at the siege of Mariupol and whet...
The invasion of Ukraine: one month on
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 29. The Telegraph's leading journalists reflect on the invasion of Ukraine, one month on. Plus columnist and leader-writer for The Telegraph, Tim ...
Ukrainian counter-attack & photos from the frontline
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 28. The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the Ukrainian counter attack. Plus - one of the Telegraph’s photographers on the frontline,...
The reality of Kyiv
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 27. The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, with on the ground insights from the Telegraph’s journalist ...
Devastation in Mariupol
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 26. The Telegraph's leading journalists discuss the horrendous situation unfolding on the ground in the besieged city of Mariupol. Plus Lt. Genera...
Hoax calls to British MPs, and will sport forgive Russia?
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 23. The Telegraph's leading journalists give insights into Russia's assault on Ukraine as it moves westwards, and look at why and how imposters po...
What is Russia's future?
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 22. The Telegraph's leading journalists share insights into how life in Russia has shifted since the outbreak of invasion, discuss what Putin’s ...
Are hopes of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal realistic?
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 21. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news from Russia's assault on Ukraine and debate whether hopes of a peace deal realis...
Notes from a Ukrainian living in London
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 20. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction as a Russian journalist protests on state TV, analyses how Ukr...
Food, energy and aviation: the economic impacts of war in Ukraine
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 19. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and analysis as Russia's assault on Ukraine edges closer to the western border, ...
A plea from Ukraine
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 16. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and analysis as Russia's weakened forces regroup for an assault on Kyiv, and a U...
Why is Russia bombing hospitals?
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 15. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction as Russian forces destroy cities, towns, roads and now, hospitals, ...
Why is the UK handling the refugee crisis so badly?
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 14. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction amid accusations of a slow and chaotic visa process for those fleei...
Could Russia be heading for a humiliating defeat?
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 13. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction amid reports Russia hasn't made any significant territorial gains i...
What’s happening with the ceasefires in Ukraine?
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 12. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction after Russian troops reportedly violated a ceasefire agreement, and...
How dangerous is the nuclear plant attack?
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 9. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction after Russian forces strike a nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and we...
A deadly change of tactics?
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 8. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction as Putin's army moves from Plan B back to Plan A, analyse the scale ...
Russia intensifies its assault
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Day 7. The Telegraph's leading journalists bring you the latest news and reaction as Putin's forces ramp up strikes, and ask the question: Has the Rus...