Putin flies in for final shots of Zapad 25, but where’s Gerasimov?
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,302.
Today, Donald Trump arrives in Britain for his second state visit, possibly bringing a gift to Ukraine. Putin watches the last blast of Zapad 25 - but without the head of his military - and we hear how Russia may be close to cutting oil output due to Ukrainian drone strikes. Later, an interview with Jack Lopresti, the former British Member of Parliament who is now a member of Ukraine’s International Legion.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Eliza Winter (Telegraph Reporter).
With thanks to former Conservative MP, Jack Lopresti.
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Exclusive: Russia close to cutting oil output due to drone attacks, sources say
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Dom Nichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, as Donald Trump arrives in Britain for his second state visit, we report how he may have brought a gift to Ukraine in the form of weapon sales to Europe |
| 0:21.9 | through the pearl funding mechanism. |
| 0:24.6 | We hear how Russia may be close to cutting oil output due to Ukrainian drone strikes, |
| 0:28.9 | and later we have an interview with Jack Lepresti, |
| 0:32.0 | the former Conservative MP, who is now a member of Ukraine's International Legion. |
| 0:37.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:47.3 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:49.0 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:52.5 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:56.5 | We're president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:01.5 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:06.5 | We can't, as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:11.3 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:13.3 | We're strong. |
| 1:14.5 | We're Ukraine is. |
| 1:17.0 | It's Wednesday, the 17th of September, three years and 207 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:23.9 | And today, I'm joined by the telegraph reporter Eliza Winter. |
| 1:30.2 | I started with the latest from Ukraine. |
| 1:35.1 | Not a huge amount today, to be perfectly honest, but let's go through them. Let's start in the northeast of Ukraine, around Kupiansk, the city up in the northeast, about 100Ks east of |
| 1:41.8 | Harkeye. It's still under extreme pressure. No huge movement there yesterday. |
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