Huge explosion at ‘vital’ Russia oil refinery & how China secretly arms Russia with drones
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,290.
Today, after another important Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris, we discuss Vladimir Putin’s warning that any Western peacekeeping forces deployed to Ukraine would be considered a “legitimate” target. Then, we dive into an investigation on how China is providing drones parts to Russia and effectively sustaining its ability to continue waging its war against Ukraine. Finally, Dom dials in on his last day in Prague attending the International Institute for Strategic Studies Defence Summit.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @Sophia_Yan on X.
Content Referenced:
How China is secretly arming Russia, (Sophia Yan in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/03/how-china-is-secretly-arming-russia/
Putin: British troops in Ukraine ‘legitimate’ target for Russia (The Telegraph):
‘Battle Lines: Inside the rise of China’s military - and what it means for Taiwan’:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/08/battle-lines-podcast-inside-the-rise-of-chinas-military/
IISS Prague Defence Summit:
https://www.iiss.org/events/prague-defence-summit/prague-defence-summit-2025/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Adelie Pogman-Pon-Tay, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:15.1 | Today, as Macron announced yesterday that a reassurance force would be one of the security |
| 0:19.9 | guarantees for post-war Ukraine. |
| 0:22.4 | Putin warned this morning that any Western peacekeeping forces deployed to Ukraine would be considered |
| 0:28.2 | a legitimate target. Then, we dive into an investigation on how China is providing drone parts to Russia, |
| 0:35.5 | and effectively sustaining Russia's ability to continue |
| 0:38.6 | waging its war against Ukraine. And finally, Dom dials in on his last day in Prague, where he |
| 0:44.6 | attended the International Institute for Strategic Studies Defense Summit. |
| 0:49.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:59.0 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:01.0 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 1:06.0 | Worship. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:11.1 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:16.1 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:20.5 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:22.5 | We're strong. |
| 1:23.8 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:25.7 | It's Friday, the 5th of September. |
| 1:29.2 | Three years and 195 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:34.1 | Today, I'm joined by Executive Editor for Audio, Francis Dernley, |
| 1:38.2 | dialing in from Prague, Associate Defense Editor Dom Nichols, |
| 1:41.8 | and, in the studio with us, senior foreign correspondent Sophia Yan. |
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