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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Loser takes it all? – How Trump's plan for Ukraine fell apart, with Luke Harding of The Guardian

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The US-Russia “peace plan” isn’t happening. Days after the 28-point proposal leaked, it collapsed spectacularly amid accusations that it amounted to a surrender to Putin. Is there anything left in the “amended” version? And who really wrote the proposals? Luke Harding, foreign correspondent for The Guardian and author of Invasion explains why the plan was simply a Russian foreign policy offensive with Trump as its salesman, whether the whole episode has made Zelenskyy stronger, and if peace is will ever get closer. • Buy Luke’s book Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll be helping the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Head to nakedwines.co.uk/thebunker to get 6 top-rated wines from our sponsor Naked Wines for £39.99, delivery included. www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/bunkerpod.bsky.social  • Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact ads@podmasters.co.uk to find out more Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Tom Taylor. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Design by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, it's Andrew Harrison here. And it's Alex von Tanselman. Today's episode is brought to you

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by naked wines. Alex, buying wines. Have you ever bought a bottle because it costs 12 quid, but it looks

0:55.2

like it costs 20 quid? Well, whenever I can find one. It can be confusing, can't it? You find

0:59.2

yourself sort of grasping up whatever's on the shelf and hoping for the best. What do you sense

1:02.8

to like to drink yourself? Well, I generally drink white wine, but I mean, I like all wines.

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I didn't get this way by having favour, it's, Andrew. Well, I'm the male stereotype. I like

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reds that are bangers, reds that are chewy. It's a bit kind of roulette, isn't it? You never quite

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know what you're going to get. You know, I just don't know it at all. I mean, I am pretty ignorant about it. I have to say, I know what I like, but I don't always know how to find it. there you go. Well, the good thing about naked wines is they'll help guide you towards wines

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that you will really like. And you can try new stuff without the risk because if you don't

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like a bottle... The good thing about naked wines is they'll help guide you towards wines that you will really like.

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