Pentagon to 'immediately' test nuclear weapons & Russia fires 705 missiles and drones at Ukraine in 'vile attack'
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,345.
Today, as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in South Korea, we ask whether Ukraine can ever expect China to face real consequences for its support of Russia throughout the war. We also examine Vladimir Putin’s ongoing air campaign to cripple Ukraine’s energy infrastructure – including last night’s major assault – and bring you the latest stories from inside the Russian Federation, from renewed public protests to fresh signs of deepening economic stagnation.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjzon X.
James Kilner (former Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Trump orders Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing nuclear weapons (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/30/trump-nuclear-weapons-testing-russia-poseidon-drone/
Donald Trump claims victory after ‘amazing’ trade talks with Xi Jinping (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/10/30/trump-xi-meeting-south-korea-trade-war/
Geert Wilders’ Dutch PM hopes in tatters (The Telegraph):
Exploding Shahed drone toys sold to Russian children (The Telegraph):
Ukraine is bracing for the harshest winter since 2022 (Tomorrow’s Affairs):
https://tomorrowsaffairs.com/ukraine-is-bracing-for-the-harshest-winter-since-2022
Red hands and pig heads: Russia’s plan to destabilize France goes on trial (POLITICO):
https://www.politico.eu/article/red-hands-and-pig-heads-russias-plan-to-destabilize-france-goes-on-trial/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in South Korea, we ask whether Ukraine can |
| 0:19.0 | ever expect China to face real consequences for its |
| 0:22.4 | support of Russia throughout the war. Then we examine Vladimir Putin's ongoing air campaign to |
| 0:27.9 | cripple Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including last night's major assault, and bring you the latest |
| 0:33.2 | stories from inside the Russian Federation, from renewed public protests to fresh signs of deepening economic stagnation. |
| 0:40.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:50.3 | The Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:52.3 | First, we're, with our help for the Ukraine, also our |
| 0:57.0 | freedom and our European |
| 1:00.0 | Writers. |
| 1:01.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:05.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:10.0 | We can not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:14.8 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:16.7 | We're strong. |
| 1:18.0 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:20.7 | It's Thursday, the 30th of October, three years and 250 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:28.2 | And today I'm joined by Telegraph reporter and producer Adli Pochman-Ponte |
| 1:31.6 | and our former Russia correspondent, James Kilner. |
| 1:35.2 | But first, the major military-related updates of the last 24 hours. |
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