Putin planning another offensive on Kyiv & the ordeal of freed prisoner Aiden Aslin
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Day 296. Today, as Moscow launches yet more strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv, we discuss suggestions by Ukraine's top commander that Russia is plotting another offensive on Kyiv.
Plus, Senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant recalls his interview with Aiden Aslin, the dual British and Ukrainian volunteer marine who was captured by Russian forces while fighting in Mariupol.
Read: Aiden Aslin on life in Russian prison: 'He said he’d stabbed me. I just went into survival mode', by Roland Oliphant.
Contributors:
Claire Hubble (Host). @ByClaireHubble on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph, podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Claire Hubble, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, as Moscow launches yet more strikes in Kiev and Harkiv, |
| 0:20.0 | we discuss suggestions by Ukraine's top commander |
| 0:23.0 | that Russia is plotting another offensive in Kiev. |
| 0:26.0 | Plus, senior correspondent Roland Olfen |
| 0:29.0 | recalls his interview with Aiden Aslin, |
| 0:31.0 | a dual British and Ukrainian volunteer Marine |
| 0:34.0 | who was captured by Russian forces while fighting in Mariapol. |
| 0:50.0 | Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilized energy markets |
| 0:54.0 | the world over. |
| 0:56.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:58.0 | We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:02.0 | Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists |
| 1:05.0 | from the Telegraph's London Newsroom |
| 1:07.0 | and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you |
| 1:09.0 | the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:12.0 | It's Friday, 16th December, day 296. |
| 1:17.0 | And today, I'm joined by associate editor Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:21.0 | assistant comment editor Frances Dernley, |
| 1:23.0 | and senior foreign correspondent Roland Olfen. |
| 1:27.0 | I started by asking Dom for the latest updates from the front line. |
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