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Ukraine: The Latest

BONUS: Putin and Trump fail to reach Ukraine peace deal

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

Guns, Documentary, News, Society & Culture, Daily News, Jets, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, Army, Ukraine, Tanks, Vladimir Putin, Russians, History, War, Russia-ukraine Conflict

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In a special episode recorded just minutes after the summit in Alaska between Presidents Putin and Trump, we discuss what it was like in the room, and the ramifications of a meeting which leaves more questions than answers. What happens next?


Contributors:


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Telegraph

0:05.0

I'd like to hope that the agreement that we've reached together will help us bring closer that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine.

0:16.0

We had an extremely productive meeting and many points were agreed to.

0:22.5

There are just a very few that are left.

0:26.1

Some are not that significant.

0:28.0

One is probably the most significant, but we have a very good chance of getting there.

0:32.9

We didn't get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there.

0:35.7

Well, you join us just minutes after that press conference between Putin and Trump in Alaska.

0:43.3

Just to bring you up to date of how we got to this point.

0:46.3

So earlier on, a few hours ago, Trump and Putin disembarked aircraft at the same time.

0:52.3

Both of them had red carpet rolled out.

0:55.3

At one point, there were uniforms U.S. soldiers literally on their hands and knees rolling out

1:00.1

the red carpet for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president looked pretty jovial.

1:06.4

And as he walked up to President Trump, Trump applauded him and they shook hands and seemed to be

1:13.3

pretty warm with each other.

1:14.9

A journalist, he cried out, President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?

1:19.9

And Putin gestured pretending that he didn't understand before the two got into the presidential

1:25.0

limo before a meeting that lasted about two hours, 45 minutes.

1:31.1

Dom, what happened next?

1:32.7

Well, hi, Francis.

1:33.5

It was quite extraordinary, mainly because of the brevity of the press conference.

1:38.9

So we thought the talks had ended early.

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