Pentagon freezes precision weapons and air defence shipment to Ukraine & interview with a former Kremlin propagandist
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,225.
Today, as Donald Trump’s administration decides to halt shipments of certain air defence missiles bound for Ukraine, we assess the ramifications for trust in the United States, before hearing the latest domestic stories being reported inside Russia, and speak to a former Kremlin propagandist.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.
With thanks to our guest Andrew Ryvkin.
Content Referenced:
Gig in Kyiv by British Band Hardwicke Circus: https://www.mezzanine.kyiv.ua/afisha/hardwicke-circus
Join us at Scarborough Fair in Northern England on 9th July:
https://scarboroughfair.uk/events/putins-folly-the-war-in-ukraine-three-years-on/
That Time I Was a Russian Propagandist (Andrew in The Atlantic):
Pentagon halting some promised munitions for Ukraine (POLITICO):
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/pentagon-munitions-ukraine
In June 2025, Ukraine increased electricity exports by 2.5 times (ExPro):
https://expro.com.ua/en/tidings/in-june-2025-ukraine-increased-electricity-exports-by-25-times-
Germany still weighing Taurus missile supply to Ukraine, Merz says (Kyiv Independent):
https://kyivindependent.com/germany-still-weighing-taurus-missile-supply-to-ukraine-merz-says/
Learn more about the documentary ‘Kherson: Human Safari’:
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, as the Trump administration decides to halt shipments of certain air defense missiles bound for Ukraine, |
| 0:18.1 | we assess the ramifications for trust in the United States |
| 0:21.9 | before hearing the latest stories being reported inside Russia |
| 0:25.2 | and speak to a former Kremlin propagandist. |
| 0:28.5 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships |
| 0:34.3 | to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:38.5 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:40.2 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 0:45.2 | were president. |
| 0:45.9 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:50.1 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:55.2 | We can't as a European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:59.5 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. |
| 1:02.7 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:04.8 | It's Wednesday, the 2nd of July, three years and 129 days since the full-scale invasion began. And today, I'm joined by |
| 1:13.1 | our Associate Editor of Defence, Dominic Nichols, the Telegraph's former Russia correspondent, James |
| 1:17.7 | Kilner, and journalist Andrew Rivkin. But first, over to Dom, for the latest military |
| 1:23.2 | developments. Let's start on the ground in Ukraine. No move, basically. I know you've heard me say that |
| 1:31.3 | many, many times in the last few months, but I really do mean it. No move on the ground, apart from a very |
| 1:36.6 | tiny bit of land taken by Russia to the southwest of Percross in the Dombas. Now, that has been |
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