Moscow hoards troops for renewed offensive while Trump continues to extend Putin’s deadline
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,276.
Today, as Ukraine strikes again inside occupied Crimea and in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossisk, we report how Moscow appears to be amassing forces in the north and east. We hear how Donald Trump has set another two-week deadline to know whether Putin is serious about peace and we examine what any deployment of the COTW might look from our reporter who has spent many moons on the ground in question
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Svitlana Morenets (Ukrainian journalist and staff writer, The Spectator). @SvMorenets on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Col. Kevin Jackson, Chief of Staff of the US Army V Corps.
Content Referenced:
Lavrov: Putin not ready to meet Zelensky
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/22/ukraine-russia-war-putin-zelensky-peace-ceasefire/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:13.0 | Today, as Ukraine strikes again inside Occupy Crimea |
| 0:15.9 | and in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorosk, |
| 0:19.0 | we report how Moscow appears to be massing forces in the |
| 0:22.2 | north and east. We report how Donald Trump has set another two-week deadline to know whether Putin |
| 0:27.8 | is serious about peace, and later Francis talks to Colonel Kevin Jackson, Chief of Staff of the |
| 0:33.5 | U.S. Army Fifth Corps, a regular corps headquartered in Poland, they discuss the unit's presence in Europe and the perceived threat level from Russia. |
| 0:42.3 | The bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships |
| 0:48.3 | to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:51.3 | The Russian does not one piece. First, we're |
| 0:55.0 | with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:57.0 | also our freedom |
| 0:59.0 | and our European |
| 1:01.0 | Writers. |
| 1:02.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war |
| 1:04.0 | settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:06.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:10.0 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:11.7 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:16.3 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:18.3 | We're strong. |
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