Exclusive: Putin’s prized spy planes 'crippled' by historic special operation
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,197.
Today, after another series of deadly strikes on civilians in Sumy, Russia continue to push ahead in the north of the region. Meanwhile, we continue to assess the damages from Operation Spider’s Web and the Kerch Bridge explosion. We also dive into the UK’s Strategic Defence Review and what it means for Ukraine, while the UK promises 100,000 drones to Ukraine by Spring 2026.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Michael Weiss, Editor at The Insider.
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Content Referenced:
Ukraine strikes Putin’s prized spy planes, The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/03/ukraine-strikes-putin-prized-spy-plane/
Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin, The Telegraph
We led the Strategic Defence Review. This is how Starmer can keep Britain safe, The Telegraph
Ukraine Defaults on Sovereign Debt Payment, Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-defaults-on-sovereign-debt-payment-03267386
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Adelaidey Pousman-Pon-Pon-Sei, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, after another series of deadly strikes on civilians in Sumi, Russia continues to push ahead in the north of the region. |
| 0:19.0 | Meanwhile, we assess the damages from |
| 0:21.6 | Operation Spider's Web and the Kutch Bridge explosion. We also dive into the UK's strategic |
| 0:26.9 | defence review and what it means for Ukraine, while the UK promises 100,000 drones to Ukraine by spring |
| 0:32.7 | 2026. |
| 0:34.6 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:44.7 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:46.4 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European values. |
| 0:52.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:56.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:01.3 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:05.7 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:10.7 | It's Wednesday, the 4th of June. Three years and 101 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:17.3 | Today, I'm joined by senior foreign correspondent Roland Oliphant, Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, |
| 1:22.5 | and chemical weapons expert and former tank commander Hamish de Breton Gordon. |
| 1:26.7 | First, let's turn to the news from the battlefield. |
| 1:29.4 | Roland, what do you have for us? |
| 1:31.7 | Let's start again up in Sumi, if you imagine. |
| 1:34.6 | The ground combat theatre as a clock, that's pretty much at 12 o'clock on the border |
| 1:40.1 | with Russia's Kursk region. |
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