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Ukraine: The Latest

Putin forced to slash budgets after oil price fall & precision strikes batter Russian infrastructure

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

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

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Day 1,185.

Today, as Ukraine closes Moscow’s airspace for the third night in a row we get our regular update about resistance activities in the occupied territories, report from a NATO exercise in Sweden and, for a little pick me up at the end of the week, you’ll hear what happened when Francis and Dom were introduced to strong Ukrainian coffee.


Contributors:

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

Dr. Jade McGlynn (War Studies Department of King's College). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.


SIGN UP TO THE NEW ‘UKRAINE: THE LATEST’ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:

https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/ 

Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.


Content Referenced:

Hear more about Venetia's trip on our sister podcast 'Battle Lines':

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/23/battle-lines-trump-edition-inside-trumps-new-star-wars-prog/


Learn More about Vadym's Coffee:

https://www.instagram.com/vadymgranovskiy/


How Ukraine's best coffee maker joined the fight against Russia (GQ):

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/coffee-man-of-ukraine-war-vadym-granovskiy  


Joseph Nye obituary in The Telegraph:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/05/12/joseph-nye-foreign-policy-soft-power-washington-obama-bush/


Subscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest

Email: [email protected]



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0:00.0

The Telegraph.

0:09.1

We all want the best of both.

0:11.6

Dessert without calories, luxury without expense, and how about security without passwords?

0:17.4

With OCTA, it's possible.

0:19.6

We secure identity for your business so you can safely use any

0:23.6

technology. You could build experiences that are richer and more secure, grow revenue without running

0:29.2

up costs, and scale easily, no matter your tech stack. Enjoying the best of both, it's possible.

0:35.7

It's Octor. Octor, the world's identity company.

0:44.3

I'm Domnichols, and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, as Ukraine closes Moscow's airspace for the third night in a row,

0:52.0

we get our regular update about resistance activities

0:54.6

in the occupied territories, report from a NATO exercise in Sweden, and for a little pick-me-up at the

1:00.3

end of the week, you'll hear what happened when Francis and I were introduced to strong

1:04.6

Ukrainian coffee.

1:07.0

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

1:15.6

The Russia does not want peace.

1:18.6

With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European

1:23.6

Writers. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.

1:28.3

We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years.

1:33.4

We don't not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine.

1:37.7

Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians.

1:42.9

It's Friday, the 23rd of May, three years and 89 days since the full-scale invasion began.

1:49.1

And I started with the latest updates from Russia, Ukraine and beyond.

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