Backlash grows as Zelensky 'retreats' after mass protests over bill & Trump approves $322 million package including HAWK and Bradleys
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,247.
Today, as Zelensky seeks to make concessions to those protesting a bill many argue threatens the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies, we assess the significance of Trump’s new $332 million military package, then resume our two-part dispatch from Moldova, sometimes described as a frontline in Cold War II.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Jimmy Rushton (Kyiv-based Foreign Policy/Security Analyst). @JimmySecUK on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Andrei Curararu of Watchdog MD.
Content Referenced:
VIDEO DISPATCH: 'Moldova is worse than Ukraine': My clash with Russian sympathisers on the frontline of Cold War Two (Francis Dearnley for The Telegraph): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZC5FvDt-u0
Zelensky backtracks on corruption reform in attempt to end protests (Jimmy Rushton in The Telegraph):
Exclusive: Chinese engines, shipped as 'cooling units', power Russian drones used in Ukraine (Reuters):
‘A fatal mistake’ — Ukrainian soldiers slam Zelensky’s anti-corruption crackdown (Kyiv Independent):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, a Zelensky |
| 0:15.2 | seeks to make concessions to those protesting a bill, many argue, threatens the independence of Ukraine's |
| 0:20.8 | anti-corruption bodies. |
| 0:22.4 | We assess the significance of Trump's new $332 million military package, |
| 0:27.7 | then resume our two-part dispatch from Moldova, |
| 0:31.0 | sometimes described as a front line in Cold War II. |
| 0:35.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:44.8 | The Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:46.4 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:49.9 | also our freedom and our European Verte. |
| 0:55.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:59.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:04.0 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:08.0 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:10.0 | We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:14.8 | It's Thursday, the 24th of July, three years and 152 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:21.4 | And today, live from Kiev, before our Moldova dispatch, I'm joined by freelance journalist Jimmy Rushton. |
| 1:28.8 | But first, the major military and political updates of the past 24 hours. |
| 1:36.0 | There were hints last night President Zelensky may backtrack on his controversial corruption |
| 1:42.2 | reform bill we discussed in detail yesterday, |
| 1:45.5 | after protests continued across Ukraine and international concern intensified. |
| 1:50.5 | I will turn to that very shortly with Jimmy, but first let me just start with the major |
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