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Ukraine: The Latest

The world’s #1 most listened-to podcast on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Trusted by over 140 million listeners, every weekday The Telegraph’s award-winning team provides breaking news and expert analysis on military strategy, weaponry and the geopolitics of Vladimir Putin vs. Volodymyr Zelensky. And ask: where does Donald Trump fit in?

From frontline reporting and battlefield analysis to deep dives on military strategy, sanctions, energy markets, and global security, we cover the latest war updates alongside history, economics, culture, and daily life in Ukraine and Russia. Featuring expert insight on weapons systems, cyber warfare, humanitarian issues, and what happens next, it is widely considered the go-to source for understanding the conflict.

NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE:

Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineTheLatest

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Contact the team on ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk. We continue to read every message, and seek to respond to as many on air and in our newsletter as possible.

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Latest Episodes:

Trump to end war 'within 100 days' & Russian spies paid $200,000 per killed American in Afghanistan Jan 09, 2025

Show notes

Day 1,051.

Today, in a significant day in both the military and political realms, we discuss Trump’s new plans to end the war within the next 100 days, reports that Moscow paid for American and coalition troops killed in Afghanistan, and hear live from Syria.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Hamish de-Bretton Gordon (Chemical Weapons Expert and Former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X.

Svitlana Morenets (Staff Writer at The Spectator). @SvMorenets on X.

Content Referenced:

How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war (The Insider):

https://theins.ru/en/politics/277723

Ukraine to help Moldova amid worsening energy crisis (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-help-moldova-amid-worsening-energy-crisis/?mc_cid=dfeb4a87a9&mc_eid=08d0680a95

Russia closes Polish Consulate General in St. Petersburg (TVP):

https://tvpworld.com/84418289/russia-closes-polish-consulate-general-in-st-petersburg

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Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

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F-16 fighter jet in 'world first' shootdown & war-born superbug may spark next pandemic Jan 08, 2025

Show notes

Day 1,050.

Today, as the new Ukrainian offensive in Kursk continues, we discuss the evolving picture in that region, look at the latest developments in unmanned aerial and land warfare, and fears superbugs spawned in war could spark the next pandemic.

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Arthur Scott Geddes (Deputy Global Health Editor). @ascottgeddes on X.

Michael Bohnert (RAND Analyst). @mbohnert on X.

Content Referenced:

Trump's Ukraine envoy postpones Kyiv trip until after inauguration (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-ukraine-envoy-postpones-kyiv-trip-until-after-inauguration-2025-01-06/

'Putin doesn't want negotiations' - our interview with Zelensky's 'power broker' Andriy Yermak:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CneThrXUHSI

Ukraine needs more help to beat ‘superbugs’, says chief doctor (Arthur in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/ukraine-needs-more-help-to-beat-superbugs-says-chief-doctor/

''I bought a drone and killed my boss" (Arthur in our sister podcast Battle Lines):

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i-bought-a-drone-and-killed-my-boss-it-was-easy/id1712903296?i=1000681113262

Could a Conflict-Borne Superbug Bring on Our Next Pandemic? (Rolling Stone)

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/war-zone-conflict-bacteria-pandemic-1235064261/

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Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

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980,000 troops: Ukraine now 'largest army in Europe' & interview with ex-British Army chief Jan 07, 2025

Show notes

Day 1,049.

Today, as Ukrainian forces continue to expand their lodgement inside Russia, we hear how a Ukrainian F-16 pilot shot down six Russian cruise missiles. We also have an interview with General The Lord Dannatt, former head of the British Army.

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

With thanks to our guest General The Lord Dannatt, former head of the British Army.

Episodes Referenced:

David Knowles's 'Football in Wartime' Special:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/football-in-wartime-with-david-knowles/id1612424182?i=1000681578909

Interview with lady from occupied territories:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/my-mother-in-law-remembers-stalingrad-this-war-is-worse/id1612424182?i=1000682245415

Interview with beautician, now expert on ordnance (halfway through episode):

https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/russia-shoots-down-passenger-jet-in-azerbaijan-putins/id1612424182?i=1000681865927

Content Referenced:

Sources of ISW’s cited geolocation of Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast:

https://x.com/TuiteroMartin/status/1876291174476239032 ; https://x.com/moklasen/status/1876299075521519655; https://x.com/Map_Hargoo/status/1875993159869817022; https://t.me/motopatriot78/31123 ; https://t.me/rusich_army/19913

Lord Dannatt's book on the Korean War is available for pre-order now:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Korea-War-Without-Richard-Dannatt/dp/1472869753

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Ukraine counter-attacks with lightning new offensive into Russia & Moscow 'planned attacks' on South Korea and Japan Jan 06, 2025

Show notes

Day 1,048.

Today, we discuss breaking news of a surprise counterattack in Kursk and its implications, consider how Kyiv is positioning itself before Trump's inauguration, and discuss the elections upcoming in Europe in 2025.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X

James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.

Content referenced:

Top Russian general betrays Putin’s worst fears as Ukraine attacks Kursk again (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/05/top-russian-general-betrays-putins-fears-ukraine-kursk/

Zelensky's Interview with Lex Fridman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u321m25rKXc

Syrskyi orders to reinforce French-trained brigade with drones after reports of mismanagement (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/syrskyi-orders-to-reinforce-french-trained-brigade-with-drones-after-reports-of-mismanagement/?mc_cid=04ca756759&mc_eid=08d0680a95

Russia trained officers for attacks on Japan and South Korea (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/d345a6e7-2d72-4dcb-9c12-76d571ba75eb?shareType=nongift

To learn more about the charity mentioned in today's episode, you can email: ukraine.supply@proton.me

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Hunting Russian soldiers with Ukraine's ace drone unit & tank brigade goes AWOL in France Jan 03, 2025

Show notes

Day 1,045.

Today, after the latest updates from the battlefield, we hear about the cutting edge drones being used to wage war against Moscow's forces, and the moral conundrums they raise. Plus, we consider the state of the Russian economy as we enter 2025.

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Francis Farrell (Report, The Kyiv Independent). @francisjfarrell on X.

Content referenced:

‘We’re in the end game’: Why Kyiv’s blow to Russian gas threatens a European energy war (Matt Oliver in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/why-ukraine-gas-pipeline-closure-moscow-biggest-defeat/

Donald Trump will be no friend of the Kremlin (Ambrose Evans Pritchard in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/03/the-biggest-threat-to-putins-regime-is-donald-trump/

With Ukraine's ace drone unit hunting Russians (Francis Farrell in The Kyiv Independent):

https://youtu.be/s4uaKynSRx4?feature=shared

The Invisible Battles of Ukrainian Military Medics (Full-Length Kyiv Independent Documentary):

https://youtu.be/SVxY5ihyVnA?feature=shared

Flagship Ukrainian brigade trained in France goes AWOL (The Telegraph:)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/02/ukrainian-soldiers-go-awol-before-shot-fired/

Russia 'shoots down Santa' (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/27/russia-shoots-down-santa-claus-in-propaganda-video/

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'Devastating' Russian casualties pass 760,000 in Ukraine, says British intelligence Jan 02, 2025

Show notes

Day 1,044.

Today, we look at the likely military innovations and political events in the year to come. We also report on Russia's decisions to ban crypto-currency mining to preserve its energy grid and to charge nightclub attendees for trying to arouse interest in non-traditional relations. How portentous will 2025 be for Russia?

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Content referenced:

'There is a question no one dares ask about Vladimir Putin' (Francis in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/24/there-is-a-question-no-one-dares-ask-about-vladimir-putin/

Russians ban carols and nativity scenes in occupied territories, Ukrainian resistance says (Ukrainian Pravda):

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/1/7491646/

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'My mother-in-law remembers Stalingrad - this war is worse' Dec 31, 2024

Show notes

Today, in a special short episode recorded in the frontline city of Kharkiv, Francis Dearnley interviews a woman who had to flee her home "the day the Russians came", and how life for her and her relatives has been changed forever.

Recorded by Adélie Pojzman-Pontay and Jack Leather. Edited by James Shield.

Video of Kharkiv Dispatch with Francis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi20lWX4Fyk

Donate to David's charity:

This Christmas, the Telegraph is honouring the life and work of our late colleague David Knowles by working with Humanity & Inclusion, a charity helping the ill, vulnerable and disabled left behind in Ukraine’s warzones. You can donate here:

https://telegraph.ctdonate.org/

Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest

Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

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Azerbaijan ramps up pressure on Moscow over downed jet & murdered writer honoured with new Fellowship Dec 30, 2024

Show notes

Day 1,041

Today, we report how Azerbaijan's President accuses Russia of trying to "hush up" Moscow's responsibility for the doomed jet and we hear about a new Fellowship in the name of Ukrainian writer and friend to the podcast, Victoria Amelina.

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Dr Sasha Dovzhyk (Director of Index Ukraine). @sasha_weirdsley on X.

Links:

Victoria Amelina Fellowship:

https://www.index-ukraine.org/news/victoria-amelina-fellowship

Donate to David's charity:

This Christmas, the Telegraph is honouring the life and work of our late colleague David Knowles by working with Humanity & Inclusion, a charity helping the ill, vulnerable and disabled left behind in Ukraine’s warzones. You can donate here:

https://telegraph.ctdonate.org/

Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest

Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

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Russia 'shoots down' passenger jet in Azerbaijan & Putin's Christmas Day bombardment Dec 27, 2024

Show notes

Day 1,038

Today, we look at Russia’s Christmas day attack and the highly suspicious crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane, and we interview a former beautician based in Kharkiv, who decided to train as an explosive ordnance specialist after the war began.

Contributors:

Venetia Rainey (Co-host Battle Lines podcast). @venetiarainey on X.

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist & narrative podcast producer). @adeliepjz on X.

With thanks to Olga Ferodova, Lyudmila our translator, and Humanity and Inclusion. @HI_UK on X.

Humanity & Inclusion is one of four charities supported by this year’s Telegraph Christmas Charity Appeal. If you want to support Humanity & Inclusion, which works directly on the front lines with volunteers and those most vulnerable like Tetiana, please click here. There’s also lots more information about the charity and their work. To make a donation, please visit telegraph.co.uk/2024appeal or call 0151 317 5247.

Donate to David's charity:

This Christmas, the Telegraph is honouring the life and work of our late colleague David Knowles by working with Humanity & Inclusion, a charity helping the ill, vulnerable and disabled left behind in Ukraine’s warzones. You can donate here:

https://telegraph.ctdonate.org/

Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest

Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

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Football in wartime, with David Knowles Dec 24, 2024

Show notes

Today, in a special episode recorded before his death, David Knowles attends a football match in Ukraine, exploring how 'the beautiful game' has served as an anchor in a country at war. Produced by Rachel Porter.

Donate to David's charity:

This Christmas, the Telegraph is honouring the life and work of our late colleague David Knowles by working with Humanity & Inclusion, a charity helping the ill, vulnerable and disabled left behind in Ukraine’s warzones. You can donate here:

https://telegraph.ctdonate.org/

Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest

Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

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