France pushes to block Ukraine from buying US weapons & Moscow’s ‘glee’ at Trump’s Greenland gambit
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,420.
Today, as reports emerge that a Russian air-defence missile has struck a residential building in the city of Rostov-on-Don, we examine claims that France is pushing to prevent Ukraine from purchasing American weapons, then look at the criminal charges brought against a prominent figure in Ukraine’s modern history. Later, we turn to Moscow’s media landscape to hear how the Russian press is interpreting potentially momentous developments in Iran, Venezuela, and Greenland.
Contributors
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @jkjourno on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
France pushes to block Ukraine from buying US weapons (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/13/france-blocks-ukraine-from-buying-us-weapons/
Starmer poised to hammer out Ukraine peace plan in Davos (The Telegraph):
Scottish independence accounts go dark after Iran internet blackout (The Telegraph):
America abandoned this Arctic silo 60 years ago. Now, it could solve Nato’s Greenland problem (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/13/nuclear-option-america-nato-greenland/
Marco Rubio, Trump's Foreign-Policy Enabler (The New Yorker):
https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/marco-rubio-trumps-foreign-policy-enabler
Ukraine officially awards lithium deposit to Trump-linked investors, $179 million set for development (Kyiv Independent):
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-attract-179-million-u-s-investment-in-key-lithium-deposit/
Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’ (United Nations):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, as a Russian air defence missile reportedly hits a residential building in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, |
| 0:20.0 | we discuss reports that France |
| 0:21.9 | is pushing to stop Ukraine from buying American weapons. Then look, a criminal charges brought |
| 0:27.1 | against a significant figure in Ukraine's modern history. And later, we hear how the Russian press |
| 0:33.0 | is interpreting the potentially momentous events in Iran, Venezuela and Greenland. |
| 0:39.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:48.3 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:51.3 | First, we're in our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 0:58.0 | Writers. |
| 1:00.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:04.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:07.0 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:09.0 | We can not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:13.2 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:15.2 | We're strong. |
| 1:16.5 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:18.6 | It's Wednesday, the 14th of January, |
| 1:21.0 | three years and 326 days |
| 1:23.5 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:25.7 | And today, I'm joined by our Associate Editor of |
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