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Ukraine: The Latest

Putin claims ‘no plans’ to capture Kharkiv & huge drone attack on Russian naval bases

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

Documentary, History, Jets, News, Tanks, Russians, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, War, Vladimir Putin, Guns, Ukraine, Army, Daily News, Russia-ukraine Conflict, Society & Culture

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Day 807.

Today, as Putin updates the world about his plans for the Kharkiv offensive, we discuss Ukraine’s huge drone attack on Russian naval bases overnight. Plus, we hear from distinguished Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko and hear an update on demining battlefields. Finally, we hear an interview from David Knowles on the ground in Lviv.


Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Illia Ponomarenko (co-founder of the Kyiv Independent). @IAPonomarenko on X.

James Cowan (CEO of HALO Trust). @TheHALOTrust on X.

With thanks, too, to Andrew Todos (British Ukrainian Sports Journalist). @AndrewTodos on X.


Article / Book Referenced:

Roland and Joe's In-Depth analysis of the Battle for Kharkiv (plus maps) -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/16/russia-new-offensive-kharkiv-border-donbas-kyiv-ukraine/


'I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv' by Illia Ponomarenko

https://t.co/xefS6FAxq6


Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest


Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk


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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Orlando Bird, the Telegraph Letters Editor.

0:05.0

Everyone knows that you, our readers and listeners are the sharpest and wittiest in the world.

0:10.0

And now you can join me every Friday for my newsletter, letters to the editor, where

0:15.3

I survey the week's best contributions on the subjects you care about most.

0:20.2

Will the government make it to the end of the month? Would a return to British Rail really be so bad?

0:25.0

And most importantly, what's the correct way to boil an egg?

0:29.0

Sign up and join the debate at telegraph.co. UK forward slash letters. I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest.

0:48.0

Today, as Putin updates the world about his plans for the Kharkiv offensive, we discuss Ukraine's huge drone attack

0:55.4

on Russian naval bases overnight.

0:58.1

Plus we hear from distinguished Ukrainian journalist Ilia Ponomarenko, and hear an update on demining battlefields.

1:06.0

Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

1:15.0

If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job.

1:20.0

Slava Ukrainian.

1:22.0

Nobody want to break us.

1:24.0

We are strong.

1:25.0

Where Ukraine is.

1:27.0

Every weekday we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's London Newsroom

1:31.0

and our team's reporting on the ground to bring you the

1:34.2

latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. It's Friday the 17th of May, two

1:40.9

years and 84 days since the full-scale invasion began.

1:45.0

And today I'm joined by our associate editor of Defence, Dominic Nichols, co-founder of the

1:50.8

Kyiv Independent Iliapon-Monearenco and James Cowan from the HALO Trust.

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