Britain to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine as Russia strikes Dnipro
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Day 327. Today, we cover the deadly Russian strike on an apartment block in Dnipro in central Ukraine that killed dozens of men, women, and children.
Plus, we look at the extraordinary news on Saturday that Britain will send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, and ask whether this is a turning point in Western support for the Ukrainian war effort.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
James Kilner (Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | The telegraph. Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, we cover the deadly Russian strike on an apartment block in Nipro, in central Ukraine |
| 0:19.7 | that killed dozens of men, women and children. |
| 0:23.0 | Plus, we look at the extraordinary news on Saturday that Britain will send Challenger 2 tanks |
| 0:28.4 | to Ukraine. |
| 0:32.4 | This hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in favor. |
| 0:39.4 | Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilized energy markets the world over. |
| 0:45.4 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:50.4 | Every week day after noon, we sit down with leading journalists from the telegraphs London newsroom |
| 0:55.4 | and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:01.4 | It's Monday, the 16th of January, day 327. |
| 1:05.4 | And today I'm joined by associate editor Dominic Nichols and James Kilner, currently travelling across Poland, |
| 1:11.4 | who reported on the vicious Russian attacks on civilian targets over the weekend. |
| 1:16.4 | I started by asking Dom for a summary of the attack and the international reaction. |
| 1:23.4 | Well, hi, Francis and hello everybody. |
| 1:26.4 | So Nipro, the city, the same name as the river that it runs alongside or that it sits alongside, |
| 1:33.4 | a city of about 1.4 million people hit on Saturday, part of a wave of attacks across the country. |
| 1:39.4 | Hit on Saturday dozens believed to have died. |
| 1:43.4 | The regional governor last update this morning said the 40 people have been killed 75 injured. |
| 1:49.4 | 35 people still missing, but obviously that's from Saturday. |
| 1:53.4 | So the hopes of putting any more survivors from the rubble are fading fast. |
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