EU dismisses 'sham' offer for Putin’s 'buddy' to mediate Ukraine peace talk
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,537.
Today, as the final day draws to a close of the ceasefire supposedly brokered by the US to see Russia’s Victory Day parade on Saturday pass unscathed, we ask: what happened to the supposed prisoner swap that had been part of the deal? Plus Brussels Correspondent Joe Barnes asks Estonia’s PM and a Ukrainian defence analyst what the weekend’s events - or lack thereof - tells us about the state of the war. And we also hear updates on the work of the Come Back Alive charity, the organisation securing battle-winning technology for Ukraine, and a firm favourite of this podcast’s creator, David Knowles.
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Dom Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Joe Barnes (The Telegraph's Brussels Correspondent) @Barnes_Joe on X
Mykola Bielieskov (Defence Analyst) @MBielieskov on X
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- EU dismisses 'sham' offer for Putin’s 'buddy' to be mediator in Ukraine peace talks
- With no tanks or missiles on parade, Putin claims 'this matter is coming to an end'
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, as the final day draws to a close of the ceasefire, |
| 0:16.0 | supposedly brokered by the US to see Russia's Victory Day parade on Saturday pass unflamingoed, we ask |
| 0:22.3 | what happened to the supposed prisoner swap that had been part of the deal? We hear what it was |
| 0:27.5 | like to watch the parade live in Russia, albeit from the Estonian side of the international |
| 0:32.4 | border, and we ask Estonia's Prime Minister and a Ukrainian defence analyst what the weekend's |
| 0:37.2 | events, |
| 0:37.8 | or lack thereof, tells us about the state of the war today. |
| 0:41.3 | We also hear updates on the work of the Come Back Alive charity, the organisation securing battle-winning technology for Ukraine, |
| 0:47.9 | and a firm favourite of this podcast creator, David Knowles. |
| 0:51.9 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:01.7 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:03.5 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:07.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:11.2 | wreaths. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:16.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:21.2 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:25.7 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:28.5 | We're strong. |
| 1:30.1 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:36.8 | It's Monday the 11th of May, four years and 76 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
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