Exclusive: ‘My face-to-face with Russian prisoners of war’ & Europe ends largest military drill since the Cold War
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,527.
Today, we take you to Lviv and hear an update from Dom’s week in the west of the country – including a visit to a prisoner of war camp and speaking to soldiers who fought for Russia. Then we bring you the latest on strikes by both sides, as Tuapse refinery is hit for the fourth time in a fortnight, before discussing the end of what’s being called the biggest military exercise involving European forces since the end of the Cold War.
NOTE: Monday is a bank holiday in the UK. Normal service will resume on Tuesday.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Russia's Leningrad Oblast 'now a front-line region,' local governor says (Kyiv Independent):
Venice Biennale jury resigns after row over Russian entry (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/30/venice-biennale-jury-resigns-row-russian-artists/
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Exclusive: ‘My face-to-face with Russian prisoners of war’
- Europe ends largest military drill since the Cold War
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.4 | Today we take you to Leviv and hear an update from Dom's Week in the west of Ukraine, |
| 0:18.1 | including a visit to a prisoner of war camp, speaking to soldiers who fought |
| 0:22.3 | for Russia. Then we bring you the latest on the strikes by both sides, as Tuapsy Refinery is |
| 0:28.2 | hit for the fourth time in a fortnight. Then we discuss the end of what's being called the biggest |
| 0:34.2 | military exercise involving European forces since the end of the Cold War. |
| 0:39.9 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:49.6 | The Russians is not one peace. |
| 0:51.3 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:55.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:59.0 | Writers. |
| 1:00.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:04.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:09.0 | We can not't as European |
| 1:11.1 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:13.7 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:15.7 | We're strong. |
| 1:17.0 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:19.6 | It's Friday, the 1st of May, |
| 1:22.2 | four years and 66 days |
| 1:24.4 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
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