Elon Musk ‘ordered Starlink shutdown’ during Ukraine counterattack & special forces raid island in Black Sea
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,253.
Today, after a quieter night in the skies, we turn our focus to renewed tank movements on the ground and covert operations at sea – before sitting down with the director of the Oscar-winning ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ to discuss his new film, ‘2000 Metres to Andriivka’. Plus we share how Elon Musk reportedly stopped Starlink operations during an important Ukrainian counterattack.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Hamish de Bretton Gordon (Former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
With thanks to our guest, Mstyslav Chernov.
Content Referenced:
Learn More’ About 2000 Meters To Andriivka’:
https://releasing.dogwoof.com/2000-meters-to-andriivka
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia (Reuters):
Why Ukraine can't afford to demobilize its soldiers (Kyiv Independent):
https://kyivindependent.com/why-ukraine-cant-afford-to-demobilize-its-soldiers/
Understanding Russia’s Black Sea strategy (Chatham House):
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/07/understanding-russias-black-sea-strategy
100 years of Telegraph Puzzles: Can you complete our first ever crossword?:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/28/100-years-the-telegraph-crossword-week-long-celebration/
Puzzles Main Page:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/puzzles/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.1 | Today, after a quieter night in the skies, we turn our focus to renewed tank movements on the ground and cover operations at sea, |
| 0:22.7 | before sitting down with the director of the Oscar-winning 20 days in Maripol to discuss his new |
| 0:28.3 | film, 2000 meters to Andrivka. |
| 0:32.2 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:41.9 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:43.7 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European wreatter. |
| 0:49.5 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:53.6 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:58.6 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia. |
| 1:03.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 1:05.0 | We're strong. |
| 1:06.3 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:08.1 | It's Wednesday, the 30th of July, three years and 158 days since the full-scale invasion |
| 1:13.8 | began. |
| 1:14.6 | And today, I'm joined by former tank commander Hamish de Breton Gordon. |
| 1:18.6 | Later, you'll hear Adley-Leodzman-Ponte interview Mustislav Chernov. |
| 1:23.6 | But first, the latest military and political updates of the last 24 hours. |
| 1:32.2 | I spoke yesterday about that Ukrainian attack on a transport hub in Rostovandon, |
| 1:37.3 | and I'll start today with a Russian strike hitting a railway station in Pavlovod in Dhip-Petrosk Oblast, |
| 1:44.1 | where overhead power lines were damaged, |
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