Exclusive: ‘Putin won’t last’ – Russian agent who fled Moscow in a dead cow
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,541.
Today, after the two days of near continuous strikes against Ukraine with over 1,600 drones and missiles fired on the country – with at least 12 killed by a single projectile – we hear the latest round of American withdrawals of thousands of troops from Europe, and a sobering assessment from experts at Chatham House about the direction of the war. Then we have an extraordinary exclusive interview with a Russian FSB agent who claims he fled Moscow in a dead cow.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Roland Oliphant (Chief Foreign Analyst). @RolandOliphant on X.
Hayley Dixon (Special Correspondent). @HaylesDixon on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
‘Putin won’t last’: Russian agent who fled Moscow in a dead cow (The Telegraph):
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng7-LI7VK8M
Long Read: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/14/dmitry-senin-russia-fsb-escaped-putin-in-dead-cow/
Pentagon cancels deployment of thousands of troops to Europe (The Telegraph):
Russia issues Ben Wallace with arrest warrant for ‘justifying terrorism’ (The Telegraph):
How a Ukrainian air assault on Russia led to the resignation of a Latvian prime minister (Kyiv Independent):
https://kyivindependent.com/how-2-ukrainian-drones-sparked-political-turmoil-in-latvia/
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Exclusive: ‘Putin won’t last’ – Russian agent who fled Moscow in a dead cow
- Zelensky’s ‘revenge’ attacks after three days of huge strikes
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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, after two days of near continuous strikes against Ukraine, |
| 0:17.8 | with over 1,600 drones and missiles filed on the country, and at least |
| 0:22.2 | 12 killed. We hear the latest round of American withdrawals of thousands of troops from Europe, |
| 0:27.7 | and then a sobering assessment from experts at Chatham House about the direction of the war. |
| 0:33.4 | Then we have an extraordinary exclusive interview with a Russian agent who says he fled Moscow in a dead cow. |
| 0:41.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:51.2 | The Russian is not one face. |
| 0:52.9 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:56.2 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:00.6 | Writers. |
| 1:01.5 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:05.6 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:10.7 | We can not as a European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:15.3 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:17.3 | We're strong. |
| 1:18.5 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:21.4 | It's Friday, the 15th of May, four years and 80 days, since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:28.7 | And today, it's a telegraph full house. I'm joined by our associate editor of defence, Dominic Nichols, our chief foreign analyst, |
| 1:33.7 | Roland Dolophant, and our special correspondent, Haley Dixon. But first, as ever, over to Dom for the |
| 1:38.6 | latest in the military realm. Dom, where do you want to start? Well, thanks, Francis. Hello, |
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