Calls for conscription age to be lowered as manpower shortage leaves Ukrainian city ‘on the brink’ & special forces launch 'fire attack' on major Russian petrochemical plant
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,358.
As Ukrainian forces struggle against overwhelming Russian manpower in the Zaporizhzhya region, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko calls for the conscription age to be lowered. We bring the latest on a corruption scandal inside Ukraine’s state nuclear power company, and assess the geopolitical significance of Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords. Meanwhile, in Russia, Sergey Lavrov appears to have fallen out of favour with the Kremlin once again and officials have cut off internet access around military sites.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Kilner (Former Russia Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Ukrainian minister implicated in nuclear power corruption scandal suspended (Kyiv Independent):
https://kyivindependent.com/minister-implicated-suspended/
Ukraine faces ‘huge problems’ finding soldiers as men flee abroad, says Kyiv mayor (POLITICO):
https://www.politico.eu/article/war-in-ukraine-draft-age-russia-vitali-klitschko
UK’s Jonathan Powell contacted Moscow in bid to build back channel to Vladimir Putin (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/f06920c2-94f6-49b8-89df-82ace669cf25?shareType=nongift
Trump Admin Pushes to Weaken Ukraine Resolution on Russian Occupation at UN, Sources Tell Kyiv Post (Kyiv Post):
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63999
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, as Ukrainian forces struggle against Russian manpower in Zaporizia region, |
| 0:18.0 | we report that Keeves Mayor Vitali Klitschko has called for the conscription |
| 0:21.7 | age to be lowered. We bring the latest news on the corruption scandal at Ukraine's state |
| 0:26.6 | nuclear power company, examine how significant it is that Kazakhstan has signed up to the Abraham |
| 0:32.0 | Accords, and report on some odd goings on in Russia, where Sergei Lavrov is seemingly back |
| 0:37.4 | out of favor. |
| 0:38.5 | The Kremlin has ordered the internet be permanently turned off around military sites, |
| 0:42.7 | and Vladimir Putin has said he wants to see a special marriage agency set up for veterans of his war in Ukraine. |
| 0:49.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:59.5 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 1:01.2 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 1:06.3 | Worship. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:11.1 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:16.1 | We can't as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:20.5 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:22.4 | We're strong. |
| 1:23.8 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:25.4 | It's Wednesday, the 12th of November. Three years and 263 days since the full-scale invasion |
| 1:31.4 | began. And today I'm joined by the Telegraph's executive editor for Oreo, Francis Dernley, |
| 1:36.5 | and former Telegraph Russian correspondent James Kilner. I started with the latest military updates |
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