Exclusive: Trump hands Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories & Putin says ‘Russia ready to fight until last Ukrainian dies’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,373.
Today, in a world exclusive, we report how Donald Trump is preparing to hand over Ukraine’s occupied territories, as his team prepares to fly to Moscow to present the plan to Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, the Russian President claims his country’s army “cannot be held back”, as Russia experiences one of the heaviest drone raids of the war. Then, we turn to Kyiv, where the offices of the head of President Zelensky’s office – Andriy Yermak – were dramatically raided by anti-corruption officers. And later, at a time when leaders talk about gifting land to the Kremlin, we bring you unheard, rare testimony of what it’s like to live under Russian control in those regions, and what many more millions may soon be condemned to endure.
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With thanks to "Anna".
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Trump hands Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories (The Telegraph):
Zelensky’s chief of staff raided by anti-corruption officers (The Telegraph):
Putin: Russia ready to fight until last Ukrainian dies (The Telegraph):
Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn (Kyiv Independent):
Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia (The Atlantic):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, in a world exclusive, we report how Donald Trump is preparing to hand over Ukraine's occupied territories, |
| 0:21.1 | as his team prepares to fly to Moscow to present the plan to Putin. |
| 0:25.5 | Meanwhile, the Russian president claims his country's army cannot be held back, |
| 0:29.4 | as Russia experiences one of the heaviest drone raids of the war. |
| 0:33.5 | Then we turn to Kiev, where the offices of the head of President Zelenskyy's office, |
| 0:37.6 | Andre Yermak, are dramatically being raided by anti-corruption officers. |
| 0:42.4 | And later, at a time when leaders talk about gifting land to the Kremlin, |
| 0:46.3 | we bring you rare testimony of what it's really like to live under Russian control in those regions, |
| 0:53.6 | and what many more millions may soon be condemned |
| 0:56.8 | to endure. Just before we were about to publish this episode, a trusted contact texted me to say |
| 1:03.7 | that Andre Yermak, the head of President Zelensky's office and one of the chief negotiators in the |
| 1:08.3 | peace talks had suddenly resigned after the raids we report in the episode you're about to hear. |
| 1:14.1 | We'll be analyzing the fallout of this in a future discussion, |
| 1:16.9 | but suffice to say, it will have profound ramifications. |
| 1:21.3 | So do stay with us. |
| 1:22.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:31.9 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 1:33.7 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European wreath. |
| 1:39.6 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:43.4 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
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