Biden opposes ‘Nato-isation’ of Ukraine in major blow to Zelensky & Kyiv faces damaging blackouts as Russian strikes continue
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Day 826.
Today, we bring you the latest news from across Ukraine, we discuss lessons for the West from Ukraine and D-Day, and we ask what the treatment of the occupied territories tells us about Russia's war aims in Ukraine.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Contributor and former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X.
Karolina Hird (Russia Team Deputy Lead and Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War). @KarolinaAHird on X.
Articles referenced:
Karolina Hird's essay:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/31/europe-see-the-worst-genocide-since-holocaust/
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon's piece on D-Day:
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today we bring you the latest |
| 0:08.8 | news from across Ukraine. We discuss lessons for the West from Ukraine and D-Day, and we ask what the treatment of the occupied territories tells us about Russia's war aims in Ukraine. |
| 0:18.0 | Bravering takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:28.0 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 0:33.0 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 0:34.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:36.0 | We're strong. |
| 0:38.0 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:39.0 | It's Wednesday, 5th of June. |
| 0:41.0 | Two years and 104 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:45.0 | And today I'm joined by our Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, Telegraph Contributor and former Tank Commander Hamish-de-Bretan |
| 0:50.9 | Gordon, and our guest is Carolinaalina Hurd, Russia Deputy |
| 0:54.3 | Team Lead and Anlist at the Institute for the Study of War. |
| 0:58.4 | I started by summarising the latest news from Ukraine. Well let's start in the east. |
| 1:05.6 | Local authorities in Harkiv have said that children are being evacuated from border villages |
| 1:09.6 | in the region amid fears of a renewed Russian offensive. Six villages in one of the border districts, |
| 1:14.7 | located just a few hundred meters from the Russian border, have been subjected to a mandatory |
| 1:19.2 | evacuation. Authorities have planned for 1,740 people to be taken out of the area. |
| 1:24.5 | Local official, Victor Kovalenko, said that just 140 adult men remained in the villages. |
| 1:29.5 | He said that the situation at the border is no longer as challenging as last week but believes that |
| 1:34.0 | quote it is better to be safe end quote he added that some children didn't want to leave their homes |
| 1:39.1 | but warned that anyone who returned would face criminal liability. Countrywide, officials have said |
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