Drones plunge Ukraine regions into ‘total blackout’ & Russian-flagged oil tanker attacked after Trump acts
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,414.
Today, as yet another Russian shadow fleet tanker makes the news, but this time after an explosion by a suspected Ukrainian drone in the Black Sea forced it to divert to Turkey, we hear live from Ukraine where overnight strikes left two regions without power as temperatures plummet below zero. We report how the value of defence company shares have surged after comments by Donald Trump - but not if they’re based in the US - and we hear from Ukraine's International Legion about proposed changes that have left some soldiers in “total bewilderment”.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Lily Shanagher (Foreign Correspondent). @LilyShanagher on X.
With thanks to Anna Conkling, Freelance journalist & contributor to the news app Noosphere. @ConklingAnna on X.
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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 yet another Russian shadow fleet tanker makes the news, |
| 0:16.0 | but this time, by being hit by a suspected Ukrainian drone in the Black Sea, |
| 0:20.0 | we hear live from Ukraine where overnight strikes have left two regions without power |
| 0:24.8 | as temperatures plummet below zero. |
| 0:27.6 | We report how the value of defence company's shares have surged after comments by Donald Trump, |
| 0:32.1 | but not if they're based in the United States. |
| 0:34.4 | And we hear from Ukraine's International Legion about proposed changes |
| 0:38.5 | that left some soldiers in total bewilderedment. |
| 0:42.3 | Bravery takes you through the most |
| 0:45.2 | unimaginable hardships |
| 0:47.8 | to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:51.9 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:53.7 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:57.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:01.0 | Writers. |
| 1:02.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:06.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:11.4 | We can't as European let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:15.7 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:17.7 | We're strong. |
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