'Out of ideas' Putin rains missiles on Ukraine as Russia loses momentum on battlefield
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,558.
Today, as more civilians across Ukraine are murdered by Russia in the latest mass aerial attack we look to the US for a response, given Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week that Russia planned only to strike Ukrainian "decision-making centers". We ask, again, when the United Nations is going to take a meaningful interest in the war, and look at the continuing diplomatic spat between Ukraine and Poland. And later, we examine possibly the most consequential election for Putin in years: this weekend’s contest in Armenia and a, perhaps surprising, intervention by Donald Trump.
Contributors:
Dom Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Venetia Rainey (Telegraph journalist and host on Iran: The Latest). @venetiarainey on X.
James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @Jkjourno on X.
Producer: Phil Atkins
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan
Social Producer: Katie Inglis
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley
Created by David Knowles
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Listen to our sister podcast, Iran: The Latest: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran--the-latest/
Read the Irish Times’ coverage of the Aughinish Alumina story: https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/aughinish-alumina/
Magyar signals Ukraine reset ahead of expected talks with Zelenskyy next week (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-peter-magyar-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-upcoming-talks/
Danish shipyard still servicing LNG tankers for Russia trade (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/945c6085-e14a-4acb-8e41-3986e7486480?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Russian Officer Accused of Bucha Atrocities Secures Candidate Slot for Parliament Elections (United 24 Media)
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- 'Loser' Putin rains missiles on Ukraine as Russia 'out of ideas'
- Zelensky warns Moscow there are ‘no safe roads’ in south and east
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.6 | Today, as more civilians across Ukraine are murdered by Russia in the latest mass aerial attack, |
| 0:18.1 | we look to the US for a response given Russian foreign minister |
| 0:21.4 | Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week that Russia planned only to |
| 0:26.4 | strike Ukrainian decision-making centres. We ask again when the United Nations is going to take a |
| 0:32.4 | meaningful interest in the war and we look at the continuing diplomatic spat between Ukraine |
| 0:37.1 | and Poland. And later we examined at the continuing diplomatic spat between Ukraine and Poland. |
| 0:38.3 | And later, we examined possibly the most consequential elections for Putin in years, |
| 0:43.2 | this weekend's contest in Armenia with, perhaps, a surprising intervention by Donald Trump. |
| 0:50.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:59.7 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:01.2 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 1:08.9 | Worship. |
| 1:10.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:14.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:18.9 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:23.3 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:25.3 | We're strong. |
| 1:26.6 | We're Ukrainians Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:29.5 | It's Tuesday, the 2nd of June, four years, 98 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:34.7 | Today I'm joined by a telegraph journalist and co-host of Iran, the latest, Venetian, |
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