'Another round of lies' warns Zelensky as Russia provides no evidence of drone attack on Putin
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,405.
Today, as the Kremlin tries to divert attention from President Zelensky’s seemingly successful meeting with Donald Trump in Florida with un-evidenced claims of an attempt on Putin’s life, we report on Russian advances in Zapporizhia oblast that may lead to legal difficulties for a Ukrainian commander. And, later, Francis watches, and reports on, Ukrainian TV and I take a brief look back at the main events of 2025.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, as the Kremlin tries to divert attention from President Zelensky's seemingly successful meeting with Donald Trump in Florida, |
| 0:19.9 | with unevidence claims of an attempt on Putin's life, |
| 0:23.1 | we report on Russian advances in Zaporizia that may lead to legal difficulties for a Ukrainian battalion commander. |
| 0:31.4 | And later, Francis watches and reports on Ukrainian TV, and I take a brief look back at the main events of 2025. |
| 0:40.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:50.1 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:51.9 | First, we're with our help |
| 0:54.2 | for the Ukraine, |
| 0:55.4 | also our |
| 0:56.4 | freedom and |
| 0:57.7 | our European |
| 0:59.4 | Werte. |
| 1:00.6 | If I'm president, |
| 1:01.4 | I will have that war |
| 1:02.3 | settled in one day, |
| 1:03.6 | 24 hours. |
| 1:04.5 | We are with you, |
| 1:05.6 | not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:08.0 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:09.6 | We can not |
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