Battle for Pokrovsk 'over', claims Russia & Putin ordered spy poisoning 'as show of Russian power'
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,379.
Today, after Tuesday’s inconsequential meeting in Moscow, Ukrainian negotiators are updating European counterparts on Kyiv’s response before flying to meet Steve Witkoff in Miami. We consider why U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has lambasted European NATO allies for prioritising their own defence industries over American suppliers – comments made just as another billion dollars was added to the PURL fund – and we ask whether, if Pokrovsk has indeed fallen, Russia will now shift its efforts toward Zaporizhzhia oblast. And later, we return to the GRU’s murder of British woman Dawn Sturgess by nerve agent in 2018, as the final report into her death is released.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBGon on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Trump: I don’t know what the Kremlin is doing (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/03/trump-i-dont-know-what-the-kremlin-is-doing/
Britain can’t let the man Putin hates most die in prison (Sir Tom Stoppard in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/19/britain-cant-let-the-man-putin-hates-most-die-in-prison/
The West’s Last Chance (Alexander Stubb, Finland’s President, in Foreign Affairs):
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/wests-last-chance
Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup (POLITICO):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, after Tuesday's |
| 0:14.3 | inconsequential Moscow meeting, Ukrainian negotiators are updating European colleagues on Keeves' response |
| 0:20.1 | prior to jetting off to Steve |
| 0:21.7 | Wickoff in Miami. We ponder why U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau lambasted European |
| 0:27.7 | NATO allies, saying they were prioritising their own defence industry over American armed |
| 0:32.1 | suppliers, just as another billion dollars was added to the Pearl Fund. And we ask, |
| 0:37.3 | if Percross has fallen, |
| 0:39.1 | will Russia now shift effort to Zapparisia Oblast? |
| 0:42.3 | And later, we focus once more on the GRU's murder |
| 0:45.9 | of British women Dawn Sturgis by a nerve agent in 2018, |
| 0:50.0 | as the final report into her death has just been released. |
| 0:53.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:03.5 | The Russian does not want, please. |
| 1:05.2 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:08.7 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:12.8 | Writers. |
| 1:13.9 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:17.9 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:22.9 | We can't as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:28.9 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:30.2 | We're strong. |
| 1:31.9 | We're Ukrainians. |
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