Crunch talks in Washington over Storm Shadow missiles & UK diplomats expelled after engaging in ‘classic British espionage’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Day 934.
Today, we consider the crunch talks taking place in Washington over Storm Shadow missiles, the decision by Moscow to suddenly expel British diplomats, and assess Putin’s latest threats to an emboldened West.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon. @HamishDBG on X.
David Knowles, journalist who helped make the Telegraph podcast Ukraine: The Latest a runaway success: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/09/11/david-knowles-telegraph-ukraine-podcaster-died-obituary/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Frances Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today we consider the |
| 0:09.3 | crunch talks taking place in Washington over storm shadow missiles, the decision by Moscow to |
| 0:14.8 | suddenly expel British diplomats and assess Putin's latest threats to an |
| 0:19.5 | emboldened west. |
| 0:21.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:31.0 | The first duty of my government is security and defense to make clear |
| 0:36.2 | our unshakable support of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 0:41.8 | Keep standing strong. |
| 0:44.0 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:45.0 | We're strong. |
| 0:47.0 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:48.0 | It's Friday, the 13th of September, |
| 0:52.0 | two years and two hundred and seven days since the full-scale |
| 0:56.0 | invasion began. |
| 0:57.8 | And today I'm joined by our senior foreign correspondent Roland Olafant, Berlin correspondent James Rothwell, dialing in from Germany, and former tank commander and chemical weapons expert, Hamish de Breton Gordon. |
| 1:09.0 | James and Hamish will be sharing their reflections on David's passing at the end of this episode. |
| 1:14.6 | But first I start with the latest from the battlefields of Ukraine and Russia. |
| 1:20.6 | Let's start in Kursk. and Russia. |
| 1:23.6 | Let's start in Kusk where Russia is only making marginal gains in its initial attempts |
| 1:28.4 | at counter-offensive operations due to repeated Ukrainian attacks, military analysts suggest. |
| 1:34.3 | According to the Institute for the Study of War and others, Moscow's forces made small advances |
| 1:39.1 | southwest of Kurengvo, but ISW experts believe Russia has only made advances in areas where Ukrainian forces |
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