Exclusive: Trump blames Putin for invasion as US-Ukraine minerals deal is finally signed
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,163.
Today, as the United States and Ukraine finally sign a much-revised minerals deal, we look at what it might mean for the future security of Ukraine – and we return to Germany to examine the first appointments of Friedrich Merz’s top team and ask why some commentators are questioning whether members of the German elite are really serious about rearmament, or would perhaps prefer a rapprochement with Russia.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
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Content Referenced:
Trump minerals deal blames Putin for invasion (The Telegraph):
Trump OKs First Cash Weapons Sale to Kyiv, Partly Lifts Hold on Ukrainian Military Aid (Kyiv Post):
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/51800
Realizing America’s Drone Revolution (War on the Rocks):
https://warontherocks.com/2025/04/realizing-americas-drone-revolution/
Hundreds of North Korean troops killed while fighting Ukraine, Seoul says (Reuters):
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:06.3 | Today, as the US and Ukraine finally sign a much revised minerals deal, we look at what it might |
| 0:11.8 | mean for the future security of Ukraine and we return to Germany to examine the first |
| 0:17.0 | appointments of Friedrich Merz's top team and ask why some commentators are questioning |
| 0:22.3 | whether members of the German elite are really serious about rearmament or would perhaps |
| 0:27.1 | prefer a reproshment with Russia. |
| 0:30.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:39.3 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:44.3 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:45.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:50.3 | We can not, as Europeans, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:54.9 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:56.9 | We're strong. |
| 0:58.2 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:00.0 | It's Thursday, the 1st of May, |
| 1:02.3 | three years and 67 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:06.3 | And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's executive editor for audio, Francis Dernley, |
| 1:12.3 | and our Berlin correspondent, James Rothwell. I started with the latest updates from Ukraine. I've seen it in the last hour or so. |
| 1:20.3 | There are explosions going off this morning in Kiev from last night's drone attack. Explosions |
| 1:26.4 | reported in a forest park area in the capital city |
| 1:29.5 | this morning, injuring one woman. This comes from Kyiv's Mayor Vitale Klitschko. The city military |
| 1:35.2 | administration head Timor Chachenko said about 10 explosions were recorded near the park with an |
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