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Ukraine: The Latest

BONUS: Putin and Zelensky to meet within two weeks & US 'to protect Ukraine as part of a 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

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, recorded just after an unprecedented White House summit, we analyse the impact on President Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies. Was the meeting a diplomatic win for Ukraine? How credible is Donald Trump’s pledge to commit US forces to defend Ukraine in a future peace deal? And could it benefit Zelensky strategically to meet Vladimir Putin without the American President at the table?



Contributors:

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

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

Connor Stringer (Deputy US Editor). @connor_stringer on X.



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0:00.0

The Telegraph

0:07.0

I think that we had very good conversation with President Trump.

0:13.0

Very good.

0:14.0

And it really was the best one.

0:16.0

A lot of countries on the side of Ukraine, our people,

0:20.0

and all of us want to finish this war,

0:22.2

stop suppression, stop this war.

0:24.9

The war is going to end, and this gentleman wants it to end, and Vladimir Putin wants

0:30.4

it to end. I think the whole world is tired of it.

0:33.3

But we're going to work with Ukraine. We're going to work with everybody, and we're going to

0:36.9

make sure that if there's peace, the peace is going to stay long term.

0:42.6

Well, hello, everyone.

0:43.9

You join us mere minutes after the meeting between European leaders and President Trump in the White House ended on a historic day, regardless of what happens next. This afternoon was simply unprecedented in the

0:59.2

number of world leaders in attendance for such a meeting. But before I discussed that with Dom and

1:04.7

our Deputy U.S. editor, Connor Stringer, let's begin with what preceded it, the one-on-one

1:09.7

between Presidents Zelensky and Trump.

1:12.6

While the private discussions took place, air raid sirens sounded over parts of Ukraine.

1:18.6

Hard not to read as an omen given all the anxieties around today.

1:23.6

We only saw the aftermath when both leaders spoke to the press, and it was hard not to have flashbacks of that now notorious clash, which took place in the same place back in February.

1:35.9

Indeed, there were several references to that now notorious encounter, which we'll get to, along with discussions of interactions between the pair.

1:43.1

But thankfully for Ukraine and its allies,

1:45.5

the tone this time was very different. Some of the key things that came out of it, Trump said,

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