Crowds in St Petersburg sing about overthrowing Putin
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,331.
Today, as President Zelensky heads to Washington for another high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump, we break down the latest from the frontlines as NATO vows to ramp up its military support for Ukraine. We also examine a rare protest in St Petersburg calling for Vladimir Putin’s death, explore how recent drone incursions are reshaping German attitudes toward the war, and ask why Syria’s president – once a sworn enemy of the Kremlin – has now met the Russian President in Moscow.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondant). @JamesERothwell on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Crowds in St Petersburg sing about overthrowing Putin (The Telegraph):
Trump plans victory fund for Ukraine (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/15/trump-plans-victory-fund-for-ukraine/
Ukraine Is Starving Russia of Oil (Michael Bohnert in The Wall Street Journal):
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ukraine-is-starving-russia-of-oil-de6ca866
Russia Isn’t Done With Syria (Hanna Notte in Foreign Affairs):
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/russia-isnt-done-syria
Antoni Lallican, photojournalist killed in Ukraine, was 'insatiably curious and truly interested in others' (Le Monde):
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| 1:18.9 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 1:24.3 | Today, as President Zelensky heads to Washington for another high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump, |
| 1:28.3 | we break down the latest from the front lines as NATO vows to ramp up its military support for Ukraine. We also examine a rare protest in St Petersburg calling for Vladimir |
| 1:34.6 | Vladimir Putin's death, explore how recent drone incursions are reshaping German attitudes towards |
| 1:39.8 | the war, and ask why Syria's president, once a sworn enemy of the Kremlin, has now met |
| 1:46.0 | the Russian president in Moscow. |
| 1:49.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:59.0 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 2:00.5 | First, we're |
| 2:01.6 | with our help for the Ukraine |
| 2:03.6 | also our freedom and our European |
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