On the ground in the Donbas as Ukraine's defence creaks under Russian pressure
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Day 92.
Today, we discuss the latest updates from the war as The Telegraph's Roland Oliphant calls in, live, from the Donbas. Plus, a look at the ongoing economic impact of the conflict with Louis Ashworth.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host)
Dom Nicholls (Defence & Security Editor)
Louis Ashworth (Economics Reporter)
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent)
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:02.9 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.6 | Hi, Tony Dibe here, the Telegraph's US Editor in Washington, DC. |
| 0:13.9 | I've launched a new Free to Read newsletter from the US Editor, |
| 0:17.7 | featuring insight from our correspondence around the world and for provoking opinion |
| 0:21.3 | from leading journalists in both Britain and the USA. |
| 0:24.2 | The newsletter is packed with the best of the Telegraph's global coverage. |
| 0:27.6 | visit Telegraph.co.uk forward slash from the US editor to sign up. |
| 0:37.6 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, we're joined by Roland Olephant, |
| 0:44.0 | senior foreign correspondent at the Telegraph, who called us from the Donbass where he's been |
| 0:48.1 | reporting on the Russian offensive in the region. We also discuss Russia's looming default |
| 0:53.0 | and get the latest on the economic blockade of Ukraine. |
| 1:01.0 | This hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in favor. |
| 1:06.9 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:13.0 | Every week day afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's London Newsroom |
| 1:17.2 | and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:23.0 | It's Thursday, the 26th of May, day 92. And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's defense |
| 1:29.0 | and security editor, Dominic Nichols, economics reporter Louis Ashworth and Roland Olephant, |
| 1:33.9 | who's on the ground in the Donbass. I started by asking Roland for the latest from the East |
| 1:40.1 | where Ukrainian fighters are outnumbered and stretched by a determined Russian attack. |
| 1:44.4 | So I'm basically, I'm in the Donbass, which as I'm sure everybody knows by now, |
| 1:48.7 | is a co-producing area of East Ukraine that struggles the Donetsk and DuHansk regions |
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