Exclusive: Ukraine prepared to cede territory held by Russia & 'breach' sparks alarm on eastern front
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,266.
Today, as Russian forces surge behind Ukrainian lines in the Donbas, we ask if this is just leverage for the upcoming talks in Alaska, or signs of a fundamental weakness in Ukraine’s defence. We also hear how President Zelensky’s line on ceding territory may be softening and look at how Russian propaganda is interpreting Putin’s upcoming meeting with Trump.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondant). @Barnes_Joe on X.
James Kilner (Former Russia Correspondant). @jkjourno on X.
Content Referenced:
Battle Lines:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/08/battle-lines-podcast-inside-the-rise-of-chinas-military/
Ukraine prepared to cede territory held by Russia (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):
Britain issues warning to Merz and Macron over Ukraine (The Telegraph):
Children First: Trump-Putin Summit ‘Disaster’ for Ukraine’s Stolen Kids, Warns Expert (Kyiv Post):
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/57954
Putin silences Russia with sweeping internet blackouts (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/07/putin-silences-russia-internet-blackouts/
North Koreans tell BBC they are being sent to work 'like slaves' in Russia (BBC):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2077gwjlvxo
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| 0:43.3 | I'm Dom Nichols, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:46.9 | Today, as Russian forces push behind Ukrainian lines in the Donbass, we ask if this is just |
| 0:52.4 | leverage for the upcoming talks in Alaska or signs |
| 0:55.4 | of a fundamental weakness in Ukraine's defense. We hear how President Zelensky's line on |
| 1:00.8 | ceding territory may be softening, and we speak to our Russia expert James Kilner about the |
| 1:06.6 | view of the upcoming Trump-Pooten summit from Russia. |
| 1:11.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:21.1 | Russia does not one face. |
| 1:22.5 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine also our freedom and our European |
| 1:30.3 | WEROVIII. |
| 1:31.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:35.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:40.3 | We can't, as Europeans, |
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