Putin ‘no-show’ at peace talks as potentially historic day descends into chaos
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,177.
Today, as Vladimir Putin rejects mounting Western pressure to attend peace talks in Turkey with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, attention turns to the controversial delegation he's sending in his place. Who are these representatives, and why are international diplomats describing their presence as an ‘insult’ to the peace process? Plus, we report on a new monument to Joseph Stalin unveiled in Moscow, and investigate how Russia’s military build-up is accelerating, not slowing, despite the war’s toll.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor for Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.
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Content Referenced:
‘A potentially historic day descends into chaos’ (The Telegraph Live Blog):
A glimpse inside Putin’s secret arms empire (The Economist)
https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2025/05/08/a-glimpse-inside-putins-secret-arms-empire
Zelensky to travel to Turkey for peace talks regardless of Putin’s plans (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/a43c7876-7d7b-4d1c-96fd-98b60a1c6223
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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 Putin rebukes Western pressure to attend peace talks in Turkey alongside President Zelensky, |
| 0:20.0 | we look at the significance of the delegation he's sending instead. |
| 0:23.9 | Who are its members and why are diplomats calling them an insult? |
| 0:28.1 | Plus, we hear about the new monument to Stalin in Moscow |
| 0:31.4 | and how, far from slowing down, the Russian military machine is ramping up. |
| 0:46.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:49.3 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 0:54.3 | Writers. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:59.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:04.0 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:08.0 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:13.8 | It's Thursday, the 15th of May, three years and 81 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:21.0 | And today, I'm joined by our Associate Editor of Defense, Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:25.1 | dialing in live from Istanbul, our Brussels correspondent, Joe Barnes, |
| 1:29.0 | and James Kilner, former Russia correspondent for the Telegraph. But first, over to Dom, for a quick |
| 1:34.7 | update on the military situation. Let's, there'll be quick updates because I'm not the focus today, |
| 1:41.7 | horror of horrors. Russia is still pushing hard on that road just northeast of Percroft. |
| 1:46.9 | They've made small advances heading west yesterday. |
| 1:51.0 | Ukraine yesterday hit by 100 drones, or 100 drones fired out, the most shot down, but 100 drones fired. |
| 1:56.4 | Led to five dead, nearly 30 injured across the country. |
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