50,000 fresh Russian troops massing & Germany to help Ukraine make long-range missiles
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,190.
Today, as Ukraine reels from yet another record drone bombardment, we look at warnings that Russia is massing 50,000 troops near Sumy ahead of a new offensive. Plus we bring you some of the top lines from Chancellor Friederich Merz’s press conference with Vlodomyr Zelensky, where he announced that Germany would help Ukraine build long-range missiles.
We’ll also be hearing Dom’s interview with Estonia’s defence minister about Moscow’s shadow fleet and how to protect critical infrastructure from Russia. And Roland Oliphant reports from Armenia on the dilemma facing small former Soviet Union states in the midst of what some politicians there are describing as a geopolitical earthquake.
Contributors:
Venetia Rainey (Co-host Battle Lines podcast). @@venetiarainey on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @@Barnes_Joe on X.
Roland Oliphant (Chief Foreign Analyst). @RolandOliphant on X.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor for Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Hanno Pevkur (Minister of Defence of Estonia).
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Content Referenced:
Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/28/ukraine-launches-massive-drone-attack-on-russia/
Ukraine War latest news
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/28/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news529/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Venetian, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:11.4 | Today, as Ukraine reels from yet another record drone bombardment, we look at warnings |
| 0:16.1 | that Russia is massing 50,000 troops near Sumi ahead of a new offensive. |
| 0:21.1 | We'll also be hearing Dom's interview with Estonia's defense minister |
| 0:24.3 | about Moscow's shadow fleet and how to protect critical infrastructure from Russia. |
| 0:29.9 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:39.6 | With our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:42.8 | also our freedom and our European values. |
| 0:47.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:51.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 0:56.3 | We can't as European, let's get the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:00.7 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukraine is. |
| 1:05.7 | It's Wednesday, 28th of May, three years and 94 days since the full-scale invasion began. In the absence of the usual |
| 1:12.6 | team, I'll be hosting today. And I'm joined by our regular guest, Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, |
| 1:17.7 | who will be kicking us off with the latest military and political updates. Joe, where do you want to |
| 1:22.2 | start? Hi, Venetia. Good to be back, folks. Hello. Yeah, and lots to cover in the absence of Dom and Francis. So I'm going to slam together the military and diplomatic updates for you today. Let's start with Ukraine has launched a large-scale drone attack on Russia overnight, forcing the closure of multiple airports, especially in the Moscow region. |
| 1:42.9 | Eve's forces were said to obstruct the micron micro Microelectric plant in Zillinograd, |
| 1:48.2 | which is a key producer of electronic components, semiconductors, |
| 1:52.1 | all used as part of Russia's defence industrial base, developing missiles, air defence systems, radar systems, the lot. |
| 1:59.9 | 13 regions were targeted, including Moscow, to name a few others, |
| 2:03.8 | Bryansk, Belgorod, Vladimir, Ros, Uga, Kursk, and Tula. |
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