Exclusive: British drones destroy Russian-controlled bridge
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,503.
Today after another set of attacks on Russian oil and gas infrastructure, it's clear Ukraine is not going to heed calls by some international leaders to stop striking Russian energy facilities. President Zelensky has continued his whirlwind diplomatic tour visiting Syria and Turkey over Easter, and we hear from our Senior Foreign Correspondent, Adrian Blomfield, about how a drone designed for herding cattle helped destroy a bridge being used by Russia. Plus, Francis has a special report on the upcoming Hungarian elections.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Adrian Blomfield (Telegraph Senior Foreign Correspondent). @adrianblomfield on X
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Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel shortly after the release of the audio version. You will find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineTheLatest
CONTENT REFERENCED:
Francis’s Hungary Documentaries –
Part I: Ukraine & Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIILzKnFs2o
Part II: Immigration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuGB9mgdHvE
Adrian Blomfield’s article: Exclusive: British drones destroy Russian-controlled bridge: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/07/british-drones-destroy-russian-controlled-bridge-dnipro/
Picture credit: Credit: Ukraine's 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, after another set of attacks on Russian oil and gas infrastructure, it's clear Ukraine |
| 0:18.0 | is not going to heed calls from some international leaders to stop striking Russian energy facilities. |
| 0:23.6 | President Zelensky has continued his whirlwind diplomatic tour visiting Syria and Turkey over Easter, |
| 0:29.6 | and we hear from our senior foreign correspondent about how a drone designed for herding cattle |
| 0:34.6 | helped destroy a bridge being used by Russia. |
| 0:38.5 | And later, Francis has a special report on the upcoming Hungarian elections. |
| 0:42.8 | The bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:52.0 | Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:53.5 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:57.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:01.0 | Writers. |
| 1:02.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:06.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:11.2 | We can't, as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:15.6 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:21.7 | It's Tuesday, the 7th of April, four years and 42 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:28.5 | And today I'm joined by the Telegraph Senior Foreign Correspondent Adrian Blumfield and Francis Dernley. I'll start with the |
| 1:34.2 | diplomatic and military news from over the weekend. So over the weekend, Ukraine appeared to |
| 1:42.6 | defy calls from allies to stop striking Russian energy facilities |
| 1:47.0 | amid the global oil and gas squeeze triggered by the war in Iran. |
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