Drones strike Ukrainian passenger train in ‘act of terrorism’ & Russia suffers more losses ‘than any major power since WW2’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,434.
Today, as Russia kills five civilians in a drone attack targeting a passenger train in Ukraine, we report on how a senior European diplomat has said the world must call this what it is: terrorism. As President Zelensky urges all “decent people of the world” not to remain silent in the face of Russian war crimes, we examine a new US assessment which concludes that Russia has suffered more military losses than any major power in any conflict since the Second World War. We also ask whether the North Sea and Baltic Sea are now effectively closed to Russia’s shadow fleet following coordinated action by 14 European countries. Plus, we speak to colleagues at The Telegraph about why EU leaders’ long-held ambitions to turn the European Union into a genuine geopolitical power may, at last, be taken seriously.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Lily Shanagher (Foreign Reporter). @LilyShanagher on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
James Crisp (Europe Editor). @JamesCrisp6 on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
The growing risks to maritime safety (UK Government):
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN):
https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf
The plans to turn Europe into a new superpower (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/26/plans-turn-europe-new-superpower/
‘After Budapest and Minsk, Ukraine knows what empty guarantees look like’ (The Telegraph):
Ukraine: We won’t accept meaningless security guarantees (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/27/ukraine-russia-security-guarantees-trump-nato/
EU-sanctioned oil tanker escorted to Morocco by Spanish rescue ship, merchant marine says (Reuters):
Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine (CSIS):
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, as Russia kills five civilians targeting multiple drones against a passenger train, |
| 0:18.0 | we report how a top European diplomat says the world must call it |
| 0:21.7 | what it is, terrorism. As President Zelensky says all decent people of the world should unite |
| 0:27.0 | and not remain silent when they see what Russian terrorists are doing. We look at a new paper from |
| 0:32.9 | the United States that says Russia has suffered more losses than any major power in any war since World |
| 0:38.8 | War II, and ask if the North and Baltic seas are now closed off to Russia's shadow fleet |
| 0:43.9 | following action yesterday by 14 European powers. Plus, we talked to telegraph colleagues |
| 0:50.0 | who say EU leaders long-held desires to turn the block into a geopolitical heavyweight |
| 0:54.7 | may actually be taken seriously this time. |
| 0:58.2 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:07.9 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:09.6 | First, we're With our help |
| 1:11.6 | with our help for the Ukraine |
| 1:13.6 | also our freedom and our |
| 1:15.6 | European |
| 1:17.6 | If I'm president, I will have that war |
| 1:19.6 | settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:21.6 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:25.6 | but for a hundred years. We can not, as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:31.7 | Nobody's going to break us. |
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