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Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Day 1,297.
Today, we dive into Donald Trump’s campaign of revenge against CIA officials and into new and upcoming sanctions against Russia as pressure continues to mount following the drone incursion into the Polish airspace. And finally, we hear the second part of David Knowles’s work on the fight against corruption Ukraine, recorded shortly before his death.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With special thanks - as ever - to David Knowles (creator of 'Ukraine: The Latest').
Content Referenced:
Trump’s vengeance against CIA ‘is blinding US to Putin’s threat’
Part one of David Knowles’s interview on the fight against corruption in Ukraine:
Charities in David Knowles’s memory:
KHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:
https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowles
British Heart Foundation fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowles
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm Adelae Pogman-Ponte and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.3 | Today we dive into Donald Trump's campaign of revenge against CIA officials and into new and upcoming sanctions against Russia, |
| 0:22.4 | as pressure continues to mount following the drone incursion into the Polish airspace. |
| 0:27.5 | And finally, we hear the second part of David Knowles' work on the fight against corruption |
| 0:32.4 | in Ukraine, with two interviews that he recorded shortly before his death. |
| 0:37.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:47.0 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:48.7 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:52.3 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:56.0 | Writers. |
| 0:57.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled |
| 0:59.0 | in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:01.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:04.0 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:06.0 | We can not, as European, |
| 1:08.0 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:12.5 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:13.8 | We're strong. |
| 1:15.5 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:19.3 | It's Friday, the 12th of September. |
| 1:23.4 | Three years and 202 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
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