Ukraine: The Latest

Ukraine suspected of ATACMS strike on Russian space control centre in Crimea

24 Jun 2024

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Day 853.Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, analyse suspected Ukrainian ATACMS strike on a Russian space control centre in Crimea, and d...

Ukraine reinforces Chasiv Yar amid fierce fighting & rage, love and memory with Ukrainian author Oleksandr Mykhed

21 Jun 2024

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Day 850.Today, we bring you updates from the front lines, discuss Ukraine’s ongoing bid for NATO membership and we interview Ukrainian writer and so...

US to redirect key Patriot air defence orders to Ukraine & analysing Russian diplomacy in Vietnam and North Korea

20 Jun 2024

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Day 849.Today, we bring you the news from Ukraine, analyse Vladimir Putin’s diplomacy in Vietnam and North Korea, and we speak to Ukrainian teenager...

Russia accused of beheading Ukrainian soldiers & Kim Jong Un signs ‘groundbreaking’ security pact with Vladimir Putin

19 Jun 2024

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Day 848.Today, we bring you the news from Ukraine, continue analysing Putin’s state visit to North Korea, and talk to Security Analyst Jimmy Rushton...

Ukraine pushes Russia back in Kharkiv & Vladimir Putin meets Kim Jong Un in North Korea

18 Jun 2024

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Day 847.Today, we bring you the latest updates from across Ukraine, analyse Putin’s visit to North Korea, and go to Germany to hear about the tricky...

New US weapons narrowing gap in Ukraine & exclusive interview with Nato's Jens Stoltenberg

17 Jun 2024

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Day 846.Today, we discuss the latest news from across Ukraine, summarise last weekend's peace weekend in Switzerland, and Joe Barnes interviews NATO S...

Putin promises ‘immediate’ ceasefire if Ukraine drops Nato bid & G7 agrees $50 billion loan to Kyiv

14 Jun 2024

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Day 835.Today, we bring you the latest military updates from Ukraine, discuss Vladimir Putin’s ceasefire proposals and analyse the latest $50 billio...

Russian economy battered by new sanctions & how Putin's forces ‘deliberately starved’ Ukrainian civilians in Mariupol

13 Jun 2024

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Day 834.Today, we bring you the latest military updates from the front lines and discuss a recent report that alleges Russia deliberately starved civi...

US sends rare $1bn air defence system to Ukraine & Putin 'missed the boat' to defeat Kyiv

12 Jun 2024

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Day 833.Today, today – further the news from the front lines – we discuss news of cutting edge air defence systems being sent to Kyiv, assess the ...

Scholz promises Zelensky "no dictated peace" as US arms Ukraine's most controversial battalion

11 Jun 2024

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Day 832.Today, we bring you the latest military updates from the front lines, discuss the Ukraine Recovery Conference ongoing in Berlin, and reflect o...

Ukraine strikes Russia’s most advanced stealth fighter jet for first time & Ukraine's victory strategy

10 Jun 2024

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Day 831.Today, we bring you the latest military updates from the front lines, discuss the results and implications of the european elections, we speak...

Biden apologises to Zelensky for delay to vital military aid & the inspiring story of Ukrainian cricket

07 Jun 2024

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Day 828.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine and Europe, discuss the new front in Russia’s war on the West and we talk to author and tra...

D-Day: Biden compares Russian invasion to Nazi occupation of France & fascinating stories of foreign volunteers fighting for Kyiv

06 Jun 2024

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Day 827.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, report live from the D-Day anniversary in Normandy and discuss the stories of foreign volunt...

Biden opposes ‘Nato-isation’ of Ukraine in major blow to Zelensky & Kyiv faces damaging blackouts as Russian strikes continue

05 Jun 2024

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Day 826.Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine, we discuss lessons for the West from Ukraine and D-Day, and we ask what the treatment...

Russia threatens to strike Nato trainers in Ukraine & understanding the Kremlin’s geopolitical strategy in Africa and Central Asia

04 Jun 2024

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Day 825.Today, we look at recent border trouble up in the baltics, discuss the impact of Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike Russian forces i...

Ukraine ‘fires Himars into Russia for first time’ & the precarious future of the Ukrainian economy

03 Jun 2024

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Day 824.Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront as Ukrainian forces hold the Russian advance near Vovchansk, a Russian armoured column is hit...

'Historic moment' as Biden permits US weapons to be fired on Russian soil & Putin's plan to end Western democracy

31 May 2024

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Day 821.Today, we bring you updates from across Ukraine, discuss the potential death of Western democracy and we speak about the challenges and issues...

Moscow ‘should consider nuclear explosion to warn West’, pressure intensifies to let Ukraine strike Russian soil & a volunteer on war and the future

30 May 2024

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Day 820.Today, we bring you the latest updates from across Ukraine, report live from the NATO meeting in Prague, discuss the implications of Vladimir ...

Exclusive investigation: The million pound properties owned by Putin’s regime

29 May 2024

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Day 819.Today, we unpack an exclusive Telegraph investigation into how much property the Russian government holds in London. Plus, we hear again from ...

Pressure grows for Nato ammo to be used in Russia

28 May 2024

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Day 818.Today, we discuss the latest from Ukraine, and look at a number of diplomatic moves in Europe that may see Western trainers in Ukraine and Wes...

Exclusive interview with Sir Lawrence Freedman on Ukraine and Russia's strategy in 2024

27 May 2024

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Day 817.Today is a bank holiday in the United Kingdom, so we pre-recorded an interview with one of our most requested guests: Professor Sir Lawrence F...

Putin talks peace as he’s hit by more missiles

24 May 2024

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Day 814.Today, we discuss whether more Ukrainian strikes in Crimea and Russia have pushed Putin to start talking about negotiations, and hear of anoth...

Is Biden about to allow US weapons to be used to attack Russian soil?

23 May 2024

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Day 813.Today, we discuss the latest from the Kharkiv battlefield, hear warnings from Norwegian intelligence of Russian sabotage operations across Eur...

Russia’s ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills & Ukraine’s theory of victory

22 May 2024

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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 we...

Putin ‘sets sights on Sumy’ & Russia targets German speakers in search for cannon fodder

21 May 2024

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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 we...

Has Russia's diversion failed?

20 May 2024

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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 Presid...

Putin claims ‘no plans’ to capture Kharkiv & huge drone attack on Russian naval bases

17 May 2024

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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 o...

Putin 'grateful' for Xi's help to end the war & assassination attempt on 'pro-Kremlin' Slovak PM

16 May 2024

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Day 806.Today, we discuss the latest from the Kharkiv battlefield, Putin’s visit to China, and whether the assassination attempt on Robert Fico coul...

Ukraine 'stabilises' front line, Russia claims it downed 10 ATACMS missiles & interview with Britain's Defence Secretary Grant Shapps

15 May 2024

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Day 805. Today, we discuss the fast-moving situation on the front line as Russia continues its assault near Kharkiv. Plus, we analyse the controversie...

Estonia "seriously" discussing sending troops to Ukraine, Kyiv spy chief says Russians massing for fresh invasion & exclusive interview with German Ambassador

14 May 2024

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Day 804.Today, we bring you the latest updates from Ukraine as Russian forces continue their cross border push in Kharkiv, and we sit down with German...

On the ground in Kharkiv as Russia pounds new front with glide bombs while infantry and armour clash on the border

13 May 2024

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Day 803.Today, Foreign Correspondent Colin Freeman is on the ground in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine as Russian troops advance on Vovchansk, we analyse the...

Ukraine defends against Russian attack on border, Putin's spy mansion & how Moscow is 'replaying' the Second World War

10 May 2024

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Day 800.Today, Russia launches an assault on Ukrainian border towns in Kharkiv, we discuss Russian spycraft in the UK and the links between the Second...

Watching Russia's "sad" victory day parade & understanding Moscow's wartime influence on Ukraine and the West

09 May 2024

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Day 799.Today,we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss Russia’s Victory Day Parade in Moscow and we analyse Russia’s wartime influence i...

Ukraine warns of widespread power cuts after ‘massive’ Russian onslaught & how Putin’s gas empire crumbled

08 May 2024

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Day 798.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, the woes facing Gazprom and speak to Dr Jade McGlynn about democracy’s strengths and weakn...

Why Chasiv Yar is so important to Ukraine & analysing the battle for Donbas

07 May 2024

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Day 797.Today, we discuss the heavy fighting in the East as Russia approaches Chasiv Yar, we report on the inauguration of Vladimir Putin in Moscow an...

'Is a bad peace more dangerous than a difficult war for Ukraine?' - Q&A Special with the Ukraine: The Latest Team

06 May 2024

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Today is a bank holiday in the UK, so the Ukraine: The Latest team have produced a special Q&A episode answering questions from Telegraph subscrib...

Fall of key city Chasiv Yar only ‘a matter of time’ & Ukraine has right to use British weapons on Russian soil, says Cameron

03 May 2024

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Day 797.Today, we discuss the latest news from the front lines as Russian forces advance on Chasiv yar, we take the political temperature in Germany a...

Over 100 Russian soldiers killed in ATACMS strike & choking gas deployed in Ukraine, says US

02 May 2024

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Day 796.We discuss the ATACAMs strike in occupied Ukraine that has reportedly killed over 100 Russian soldiers, analyse French President Emmanuel Macr...

Ukrainian drone blasts set Russian oil refinery ablaze & strategy, western aid and the war's future with Eliot Cohen

01 May 2024

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Day 795.Today, we report on another successful Ukrainian drone strike against a Russian refinery, hear the latest news live from Georgia as protestors...

Nato chief rebukes members over slow Ukraine aid & prosecuting Russian war crimes in Argentina

30 Apr 2024

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Day 794.Today, we bring you news from across Ukraine, analyse issues of recruitment as Kyiv aims to persuade Ukrainian men living abroad to return to ...

Russian trains "explode" in blow to Putin’s war effort & fierce fighting in the east as Ukraine retreats

29 Apr 2024

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Day 793.Today, we discuss the latest news from across Ukraine as Russia’s grinding advance continues in the east, we delve deeper into the tanks arm...

Ukraine withdraws Abrams tanks from front line amid barrage of drone attacks & deep-dive on ATACAMS

26 Apr 2024

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Day 790.Today, we discuss the latest news from Ukraine as the Ukrainian armed forces remove American Abrams tanks from the front line. We deep-dive in...

Revealed: US sent long-range missiles to Ukraine "in secret" & Jonah Goldberg's deep dive on Washington

25 Apr 2024

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Day 789.Today, we bring you news from the battlefront, analyse developments in Donetsk as Russia pushes Ukraine back near Avdiivka and we discuss the ...

Russia advances suddenly in Donetsk & US aid bill for Ukraine passes senate

24 Apr 2024

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Day 788.Today, we bring you news from the battlefront, analyse developments in Donetsk as Russia pushes Ukraine back near Avdiivka and we discuss the ...

Britain to send record military aid to Ukraine & the West looks to Central Asia as Russia retreats from Armenia

23 Apr 2024

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Day 787.Today, we bring you news from across the battlefront, bring you political and diplomatic updates, and speak to Ex-Special Envoy on Investments...

Zelensky praises US for standing up to “Russian evil” as Ukraine aid bill passes

22 Apr 2024

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Day 786.Today, we bring you news from across the battlefront, bring you political and diplomatic updates and speak to Ex-Special Envoy on Investments,...

Ukraine ‘shoots down’ Russian bomber armed with cruise missiles & Russian-Ukrainian diplomacy at the start of the full-scale invasion

19 Apr 2024

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Day 783.Today, we bring you news from across the battlefront, bring you political and diplomatic updates and we speak to historian Sergey Radchenko ab...

Europe ‘cannot rely on US’ to help Kyiv & what happens to Ukraine's wounded soldiers

18 Apr 2024

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Day 782.Today, we get political and military updates from Ukraine; the latest on a German spying scandal; and what happens to wounded Ukrainian soldie...

Changing Russian tactics on the front lines & analysing Ukraine's mobilisation drive

17 Apr 2024

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Day 781.Today, we get the latest updates from across the frontline in Ukraine and discuss a controversial new mobilisation bill, with Svitlana Morenet...

Breakthrough in Washington as vote beckons on Ukraine aid package & Kyiv accuses Moscow of planning 'false flag' at nuclear power plant

16 Apr 2024

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Day 780.Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine and we analyse the news that the US House of Representatives is soon to vote on the Is...

Top general warns Ukraine’s front-line situation is ‘significantly’ worsening

15 Apr 2024

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Day 779.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss the ramifications for Ukraine of Iran’s missile and drone strike on Israel over th...

Russia's intense aerial assault continues & interview with a Ukrainian military commander

12 Apr 2024

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Day 776.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss Britain’s new DragonFire laser and we speak to a Ukrainian lieutenant colonel on a...

Putin destroys power plant near Kyiv & how Ukraine set Putin's biggest economic asset on fire

11 Apr 2024

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Day 775.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine as Russian strikes on energy infrastructure find their targets, we analyse Ukraine's campaign...

The Kremlin continues to strike Ukraine's energy infrastructure & a British volunteer visits Kharkiv

10 Apr 2024

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Day 774.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, update on Lord Cameron’s visit to the US and speak to British volunteer Felicity Spec...

UK Foreign Secretary visits Donald Trump & Russia battles a fuel crisis and flash floods

09 Apr 2024

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Day 773.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, report on UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s visit to the US and discuss some updates fr...

Drone attack risks 'major nuclear accident' & Russia carrying out illegal chemical assaults on Ukrainian soldiers

08 Apr 2024

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Day 772.Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront as drone strikes on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant risk what the UN says is a maj...

Ukraine launches ‘massive’ drone attack on Russian airfield & Putin's army ‘advances into crucial city’ in Donetsk

05 Apr 2024

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Day 769. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront as Ukraine launches a massive attack on a Russian airbase while reports come in...

Russian ‘double-tap’ strike in Kharkiv & Nato now in ‘direct confrontation’ with Moscow

04 Apr 2024

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Day 768. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battle front as Russia bombards Ukraine’s border regions and cities. Plus, we report on t...

Ukraine will destroy Crimea bridge by July, official claims & NATO plans to “Trump-proof” Western support

03 Apr 2024

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Day 767. Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine, detail developments in diplomacy as NATO moves to ‘Trump-proof’ support for...

Russia ‘loses 20 armoured vehicles’ as huge tank assault fails & how Ukraine retrieves the bodies of its fallen soldiers

02 Apr 2024

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Day 766. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, hear the stark and moving story of how Ukraine gets back the bodies of its fallen sold...

Mikhail Bulgakov: the author on the front line of Ukraine's new 'culture war'

01 Apr 2024

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Day 765. Today, in a special episode over Easter Monday, Francis visits the Bulgakov Museum in Kyiv to discuss the life and times of one of the m...

Blood, bandages and lost friends: Life as a Ukrainian front line medic

29 Mar 2024

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Day 762. Today, David Knowles interviews three Ukrainian front line medics. They speak about their experiences helping the wounded and transferri...

Russia uses deadly new ‘glide bombs’ to target civilians & Putin's war on nature

28 Mar 2024

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Day 761. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine and we speak to Dr Sasha Dovzhyk about the concept of ecocide and the harm done to Ukra...

Torture, survival & hope: a soldier's account of fighting for Ukraine & life in Russian captivity

27 Mar 2024

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Day 760. Today, as well as the regular updates and news we bring you an honest and searing account of warfare, captivity and freedom from former ...

Kremlin blames MI6 for Moscow terror attack & is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?

26 Mar 2024

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Day 759. Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine, look further into the history and context that inform the aftermath of the terr...

Putin moves to exploit Moscow terror attack & the "climate of fear" in Russian-occupied Ukraine

25 Mar 2024

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Day 758. Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine as Russian airstrikes again target the capital, we report and analyse the afterm...

Ukraine’s largest dam in ‘critical’ condition amid wave of missile strikes & who are the Russian groups fighting for Kyiv?

22 Mar 2024

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Day 755. Today,we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine as Russian airstrikes target civilians and key infrastructure, Roland Oliphant an...

Kyiv rocked by explosions after mass missile attack & helping Ukrainian schoolchildren through the full-scale invasion

21 Mar 2024

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Day 754. Today, we bring you the latest news from across the battlefront, hear updates from Brussels as EU leaders meet, and we speak to Sarah Br...

Drones strike air base deep in Russia & why a leading Ukrainian politician believes the West should be involved in combat operations

20 Mar 2024

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Day 753. Today, we ask why the German air force is ordering cruise missiles from the US, and Dom Nicholls interviews Colonel in the Security...

Europe ‘must prepare for war’ & how Russia rebuilt its armies

19 Mar 2024

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Day 752. Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine, discuss diplomatic updates from the EU and the US and we interview the former B...

What Putin's re-election means for Ukraine, Russia and The West & Macron's support for Ukraine

18 Mar 2024

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Day 751. Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine, analyse Russia’s sham presidential elections and delve deeper into Emmanuel Macron...

'Pull Russia's poisonous teeth': exclusive interview with Zelensky's war cabinet chief on Hitler, Putin & recruits

15 Mar 2024

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Day 748. Today, we bring you the latest news from across the battlefront, discuss the Russian presidential election as millions go to the polls and Fr...

Fighting rages on the Russian border as pro-Kyiv rebels call for ‘immediate’ evacuation

14 Mar 2024

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Day 747. Today, we bring you the latest news from across the battlefront, Francis continues his analysis of shifting sands of French political opinion...

Russia’s FSB security HQ hit by Ukrainians & Putin says peace talks are now ‘ridiculous’

13 Mar 2024

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Day 746. Today, we bring you the latest news from across the battlefront and analyse the surprise announcement from the US of a new funding package fo...

Ukraine attacks Russia’s fuel depots & how drones are sinking the Black Sea fleet

12 Mar 2024

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Day 745. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront, discuss the ongoing Ukrainian campaign against Russian fuel depots, and analyse the...

Russia sacks top naval commander

11 Mar 2024

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Day 744. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront, react to the Pope's call for Ukraine to negotiate with Russia, and talk about 20 Da...

'War doesn't have a gender': the evolving role of women in Ukraine's armed forces

08 Mar 2024

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Day 741. Today, Ukraine announces a mandatory evacuation from Kupyansk, as Russian forces draw nearer; Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron attempt to build ...

Frontline attacks increase, Sweden joins NATO & interview with a war crimes investigator

07 Mar 2024

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Day 740. Today, we bring you the latest military news from Ukraine, look at the mood music in the West in a big week for budgetary decisions, and inte...

Ukraine and Russia trade drone strikes, reporting from Kupyansk & understanding Kyiv's draft-dodgers

06 Mar 2024

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Day 739. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront, analyse the issue of draft-dodging in Ukraine, and we talk to Foreign Correspondent...

“This war is not in stalemate” - Drones sink Russia Black Sea patrol ship & the view from Australia

05 Mar 2024

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Day 738. Today, we hear about the latest Russian black sea fleet ship to be sunk, and take a look at how the war is viewed in Australia. Contributors:...

Ukraine ‘blows up’ Russian railway bridge & Germany spills British military secrets

04 Mar 2024

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Day 737. Today, we relay reports of drone strikes on St. Petersburg and Ukrainian attacks on Russian railway bridges, plus discuss the fallout of one ...

Andrey Kurkov: ‘It’s time to stop being naive - Putin will not give up while he's alive’

03 Mar 2024

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Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian best-selling novelist, journalist and intellectual who lives in Kyiv.In this bonus episode of Ukraine: The Latest, host D...

Exclusive Interview with Zelensky's top adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak

01 Mar 2024

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Day 734. Today we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, hear about Wagner group activities in Africa and Russia's malign influence over Georgia, and...

Putin threatens nukes if the West sends troops to Ukraine & can Europe re-arm if America withdraws?

29 Feb 2024

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Day 733. Today, as the military situation continues to develop at pace, we discuss Vladimir Putin's annual address to Russia, and the world, threateni...

Russia captures town in battlefield ‘victory’ & how to open a new front in Putin’s propaganda war

28 Feb 2024

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Day 732. Today, we assess the latest battlefield developments as Russia seizes settlements around Avdiivka, discuss important political debates about ...

France ‘won’t rule out’ sending troops to Ukraine & Russia threatens war with Nato

27 Feb 2024

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Day 731. Today, as Russia continues to bombard Ukrainian cities, we assess Emmanuel Macron’s claim that ‘nothing is off the table’ when it comes...

Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in war so far & reflections on reporting on the occupied territories

26 Feb 2024

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Day 730. Today, Dom Nicholls is joined by Francis Farrell, a journalist with the Kyiv Independent, who talks us through a series of press conferences ...

‘Russia must lose in Ukraine to stop World War III’ | 2 years on since the full scale invasion

24 Feb 2024

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In this special edition of The Telegraph's Ukraine: The Latest podcast, the team appeared in Kyiv alongside a Nobel peace prize winner.Telegraph journ...