'If you come, I'll kill you' - Ukrainian soldier hacks Zoom call with Russian recruits & weaponing chess in the occupied territories
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,523.
Today, after one of the deadliest bombardments Ukraine has endured this year, we hear of new Russian infiltration missions on the frontlines, how a masked Ukrainian soldier crashed a Zoom call at a Russian military recruitment event – telling students he would be forced to kill them if they joined the army – and more evidence that the US seeks to bring Moscow out of the cold by inviting them to the G20. Then we bring you a special update from the world of chess, and how names familiar to us – like Peskov and Shoigu – are involved in the Chess Federation, while the game is utilised as a tool of control in the occupied territories.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Malcolm Pein (Telegraph Chess Correspondent). @TelegraphChess on X.
With thanks to the former coach of two chess world champions – and a Grandmaster himself – Peter Heine Nielsen.
NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE:
Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel shortly after the release of the audio version. You will find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineTheLatest
CONTENT REFERENCED:
Robot rescues Ukrainian pensioner from front-line village (The Telegraph):
I was in the room with Trump as the shots rang out (Connor Stringer in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/04/26/donald-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner
Ukrainian soldier crashes Zoom call with Russian recruits (The Telegraph):
British fighter jets scrambled after Russian strike on Nato border (The Telegraph):
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Ukrainian soldier hacks Zoom call with Russian recruits
- How chess is weaponised in the occupied territories
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.5 | Today, after one of the deadliest bombardments Ukraine has endured this year, |
| 0:17.5 | we hear of new Russian infiltration missions on the front lines. Then how a masked |
| 0:22.7 | Ukrainian soldier crashed a Zoom call at a Russian military recruitment event, telling students he would be |
| 0:28.5 | forced to kill them if they join the army. And later, more evidence that the US seeks to bring |
| 0:33.9 | Moscow out of the cold by inviting them to the G20. |
| 0:38.3 | Then we bring you a special update from the world of chess, |
| 0:41.6 | and how names familiar to us, like Peskov and Shoygu, |
| 0:45.9 | are involved in the Chess Federation, |
| 0:48.2 | while the game is utilised as a tool of control in the occupied territories. |
| 0:53.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:03.1 | The Russia does not want fees. |
| 1:04.6 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:08.2 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:11.6 | Writers. |
| 1:13.6 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:17.6 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:20.6 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:22.6 | We can not, as European, |
| 1:24.6 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:26.6 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
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