Putin and Xi: ‘Colonial’ world order has failed & British PM accused of ‘killing of Ukrainian soldiers’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,546.
Today, as the British government suggests their pledge to ‘stand with Ukraine as long as it takes’ should actually say ‘as long as it doesn’t upset my summer holiday’ we examine the reaction to London’s decision to relax some Russian sanctions. We report how Russian jets flew so close to an RAF aircraft over the Black Sea it triggered onboard emergency systems, and we look at how Vladimir Putin's trip to Beijing is being reported in Moscow. Plus, we take our regular look at how brilliantly the Russian economy is performing and talk about magic mushrooms in Armenia.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Alexander Nichol (Telegraph Journalist).
James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @JkJourno on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
PM’s sanctions U-turn ‘will fund killing of Ukrainian soldiers’ (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/20/starmer-eases-sanctions-on-russian-oil/
Xi and Putin: ‘Colonial’ world order has failed (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/20/xi-putin-beijing-meeting-russia-china/
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Putin and Xi: ‘Colonial’ world order has failed
- British PM accused of ‘killing of Ukrainian soldiers’
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, as the British government suggests their pledge to stand with Ukraine as long as it takes, |
| 0:17.0 | should actually say, as long as it doesn't upset my summer holiday, we examine the reaction |
| 0:21.9 | to the British government's decision to relax some Russian sanctions. We report how Russian jets |
| 0:27.3 | flew so close to an RAF aircraft over the Black Sea, it triggered on-board emergency systems, |
| 0:32.3 | and we look at how Putin's trip to Beijing is being reported in Russia. Plus, we take our regular |
| 0:37.4 | look at how brilliantly the Russian economy is performing |
| 0:39.8 | and talk about magic mushrooms in Armenia. |
| 0:43.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:53.2 | The Russian does not one fees. |
| 0:55.0 | First, we're |
| 0:56.0 | with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:58.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:02.0 | Writers. |
| 1:04.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:08.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 1:12.7 | We can't as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:17.3 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:22.9 | It's Wednesday the 20th of May, four years and 85 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:28.5 | Today I'm joined by my telegraph colleagues, Alex Nicol, and James Kilner. |
| 1:33.3 | Now, the big story of the day is the issuing of a licence by the British government |
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