Europe overtakes US intelligence support for Kyiv & Trump ‘gifted’ a Nobel Peace Prize
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,422.
Today, as Trump is finally gifted a Nobel Peace Prize – just not quite the one he wants – we hear how Germany has denied a Russian shadow-fleet tanker access to the Baltic Sea, and assess Emmanuel Macron’s claim that France is now supplying two-thirds of Ukraine’s strategic military intelligence, as he and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni suggest the time may be right to begin talks with Vladimir Putin again. Plus, we discuss the findings of a major new report on the occupied territories, and bring you the latest updates on acts of resistance in those regions.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Lily Shanagher (Foreign Reporter). @LilyShanagher on X.
Gareth Corfield (Transport Correspondent). @GazTheJourno on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dr. Jade McGlynn (War Studies Department of King's College). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Dr Jade McGlynn’s report on the Occupied Territories:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/thresholds-survival-resistance-occupied-ukraine
Exclusive: Rail union boss sang pro-Russia chants in occupied Ukraine (Gareth Corfield in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/16/union-boss-eddie-dempsey-sang-pro-russian-chants/
Uncovered: Secret room beneath Chinese embassy that poses threat to City of London (Gareth Corfield in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/12/revealed-china-embassy-secret-plans-spy-basement/
Germany blocks Russian “shadow fleet” tanker from entering its territorial waters in unprecedented move (The Insider):
https://theins.press/en/news/288483
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, as Britain's |
| 0:13.8 | Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy arrives in Kiev to mark a year since the signing of the |
| 0:18.1 | 100-year UK-Ukraine strategic partnership, we look at quite |
| 0:22.5 | what he had to announce. We hear how Germany has denied a Russian shadow fleet tanker access |
| 0:27.9 | to the Baltic Sea, and we look at Emmanuel Macron's claim that France is now supplying |
| 0:32.7 | two-thirds of Ukraine's strategic military intelligence, just as he, and Italy's Georgia Maloney, |
| 0:39.0 | suggests the time is right to start talking to Putin again. |
| 0:42.4 | Plus, we discuss the findings of a new in-depth report into the occupied territories, |
| 0:47.0 | and hear the latest updates of acts of resistance in those regions. |
| 0:51.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:00.0 | The Russian does not want fees. |
| 1:03.0 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, also our |
| 1:07.0 | freedom and our European Writers. |
| 1:11.6 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:15.6 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:20.6 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:24.6 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:26.6 | We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:31.2 | It's Friday the 16th of January, three years and 328 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:37.6 | And today I'm joined by the Telegraph's foreign reporter Lily Shanaha, |
| 1:40.8 | Transport correspondent Gareth Caulfield, an executive editor for audio, Francis Dernley, |
| 1:45.5 | who talked to Dr. J. McGlynn for our regular update on resistance activity in the occupied areas. |
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