Exclusive: 72 hours dodging Russia’s ‘drone safari’ in Kherson & Did NATO sink a Russian ship carrying nuclear reactors to North Korea?
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,539.
Today, while Russia unleashes another huge aerial assault across Ukraine – as President Donald Trump insists the war could end soon – we examine Kyiv’s race to develop a new weapon and report on a deadly strike that the United Nations says hit one of its trucks. Then we bring you the latest from the NATO Eastern Flank summit in Romania as allies confront mounting fears over regional security, before looking at an investigation into a sunken Russian ship that was allegedly carrying nuclear reactors to North Korea. And later, in a special report from Kherson, a Telegraph journalist is forced to flee for cover as Russian drones hunt targets above the city.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Adrian Blomfield (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @Adrianblomfield on X.
CONTENT REFERENCED:
I was hunted in Russia’s 'drone safari' in Kherson (Adrian Blomfield for The Telegraph):
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQSY6NaPhY
Long Read: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/72-Hours-in-Kherson-red-zone/
Is Ukraine winning the war? The three facets of the 2026 counter-offensive (Dom’s film for The Telegraph incl. discussion of Kyiv's use of data):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-LWZtJBCwY
German soldiers attacked at Nato base ‘by masked assailants’ (The Telegraph):
Zelenskiy meets Palantir CEO as Ukraine expands use of AI in war (Reuters):
A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea (CNN):
NATO’s frontline countries jockey for US troops after Trump’s Germany withdrawal (POLITICO):
Contact the team on ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk . We continue to read every message, and seek to respond to as many on air and in our newsletter as possible.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Exclusive: 72 hours dodging Russia’s ‘drone safari’ in Kherson
- Did NATO sink this Russian ship carrying nuclear reactors to North Korea?
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:08.7 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:12.9 | Today, as Russia unleashes another huge aerial assault across Ukraine, |
| 0:17.4 | as President Trump insists the war could end soon, |
| 0:27.6 | we examine Kiev's race to develop a new weapon and report on a deadly strike that the UN says hit one of its trucks. |
| 0:35.9 | Then we bring you the latest from the NATO Eastern Flanks Summit in Romania as allies confront mounting fears over regional security. |
| 0:38.6 | And later, in a special report from Herzlm, |
| 0:41.3 | a telegraph journalist is forced to flee for cover as Russian drones hunt targets above the city. |
| 0:45.1 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships |
| 0:50.7 | to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:56.0 | The Russia does not want peace. First, we're |
| 0:57.0 | we're in our help for the Ukraine |
| 1:00.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:04.0 | Warrue. |
| 1:05.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, |
| 1:08.0 | 24 hours. |
| 1:09.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 1:14.2 | We can't as a European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:18.6 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:20.6 | We're strong. |
| 1:21.9 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:23.9 | It's Wednesday, the 13th of May, four years and 78 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
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