Explosion rocks Kerch Bridge - Putin’s ‘lifeline’ to Crimea - as Ukraine steps up attacks
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,196.
Today, while fighting continues around the area of Pokrovsk, Ukraine claims yet another attack on crucial Russian infrastructure. This time, it is the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea that was hit with underwater explosives. Meanwhile, in Istanbul yesterday, the Russia and Ukrainian delegations continue to be at a deadlock, despite agreeing on an exchange of POWs.
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Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
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Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Venetia Rainey (Co-host of 'Battle Lines'). @venetiarainey on X.
David Blair (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator). @davidblairdt on X.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Adeli Pojman-Ponté and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, while fighting continues around the area of Pekrofts, Ukraine claims yet another attack on crucial Russian infrastructure. |
| 0:22.0 | This time, it is the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea, that was hit with underwater |
| 0:26.8 | explosives. |
| 0:28.8 | Meanwhile, in Istanbul yesterday, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations continue to be at a deadlock, |
| 0:34.6 | despite agreeing on an exchange of POWs. |
| 0:38.4 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:47.7 | Russia does not one face. |
| 0:49.3 | First, we're fighting with our help for the the Ukraine also our freedom and our European |
| 0:56.0 | Writers. |
| 0:58.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:02.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:07.0 | We can't, as Europeans, |
| 1:09.0 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:11.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:13.4 | We're strong. |
| 1:14.7 | We're Ukraine is. |
| 1:17.5 | It's Tuesday, the 3rd of June. |
| 1:20.5 | Three years and a hundred days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:24.7 | Today, I'm joined by senior foreign correspondent Roland Oliphant, host of Battlelines, |
| 1:29.7 | our sister podcast, Venetia Rainey, and dialing in from Ukraine, Associate Defense Editor |
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