Massive drone strikes blast Russian airbases in occupied Crimea as US retreats from peace talks
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,164.
Today, as a drone attack hits Russian airbases in occupied Crimea, we continue to unpack the minerals deal signed between the US and Ukraine and we contemplate whether the US might be pulling out of the peace negotiations. We also look at the latest news from Central Asia and we hear from a visual artist who donated a photograph to the Kherson Art Museum, which was looted by Russian soldiers in 2022.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Narrative Podcast Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.
With thanks to Emeric Lhuisset (visual artist). @emericlhuisset on Insta.
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Content Referenced:
Massive drone attack reportedly targets Russian military sites in occupied Crimea
https://kyivindependent.com/massive-drone-attack-targets-russian-military-sites-in-occupied-crimea/
F-16s Pulled From U.S. Boneyard Are Being Delivered To Ukraine For Spare Parts
TED Talk by Palmer Luckey, the founder of Anduril Industries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooMXEwl7N8Y
On Chernobyl fallout in southern Belarus, in The Dial:
https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-25/chernobyl-disaster-belarus?utm_source=The+Dial&utm_campaign=44938c8849-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_19_04_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-44938c8849-458325807
On Emeric Lhuisset's work, From a painting to a viral photo, a fight for Ukraine's history, Le Monde:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2023/11/22/from-a-painting-to-a-viral-photo-a-fight-for-ukraine-s-history_6279646_30.html
Fundraising for the British Heart Foundation, in memory of David Knowles
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Adelae Pogman-Ponthei, and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, as a drone attack hits |
| 0:09.5 | Russian air bases in occupied Crimea overnight, we continue to unpack the minerals deal |
| 0:14.8 | signed between the U.S. and Ukraine yesterday, and we contemplate whether the U.S. might be |
| 0:19.3 | pulling out of the peace negotiations. |
| 0:21.7 | We also look at the latest news from Central Asia and we hear from a visual artist who donated |
| 0:26.9 | a photograph to the Herson Art Museum, which was looted by Russian soldiers in 2022. |
| 0:33.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:42.8 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:47.6 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:48.8 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:53.5 | We can't, as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:58.3 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:00.3 | We're strong. |
| 1:01.5 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:03.3 | It's Friday, the 2nd of May. |
| 1:05.7 | Three years and 68 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:09.9 | Today, I'm joined by Associate Editor for Defence Don Nichols and James Kilner, |
| 1:14.6 | editor of the Central Asia and South Caucasus' bulletin, |
| 1:17.8 | the Russia Morning Memo, and the telegraph's former Russia correspondent. |
| 1:22.6 | We'll come on to the diplomatic stuff shortly. |
| 1:25.8 | Some interesting moves yesterday after the minerals deal, |
| 1:29.0 | but let's start as usual on the military side. Let's go down to Crimea. A massive drone attack |
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