Putin pledges ‘unwavering support’ to Iran's new supreme leader & leaked video shows Russian president have coughing fit
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,474.
Today, as Ukrainian counter-drone specialists head to the Middle East to help counter Iranian drone attacks, Vladimir Putin offers “unwavering support” to Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei – a pledge that may come with significant conditions. We examine Russia’s latest mass aerial attack on Ukraine following a pause that raised questions about Moscow’s dependence on Tehran, then report on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s warning that Slovakia could follow Hungary in blocking EU funding for Ukraine if Hungary’s Viktor Orbán loses the upcoming election. And later, we bring you highlights from a panel at the Black Sea Security Forum in Odesa discussing misinformation, defence innovation, and the flexibility of the defence industrial sector.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Roman Pohorilyi, co-founder of DeepState, Kurt Volker, former US Ambassador to NATO, and the Black Sea Security Forum.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Vlad the inhaler: Putin coughing fit shown in leaked video (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/08/vladimir-putin-coughing-video-leaked/
On the Road With Zelensky, Weathered, Weary and Fighting On (New York Times):
Ukraine just hit the fuel tank that feeds southern Russia’s pipeline — here’s why this strike hurts more than a refinery fire (Euromaidan):
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Dom Nichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.5 | Today, as Ukrainian counter-drone experts head to the Middle East, |
| 0:16.2 | Vladimir Putin offers unwavering support to Iran's new supreme leader, |
| 0:23.1 | a promise, Mosh Tabah Khmerayi will do well to check the small print on. Russia unleashes its latest mass aerial attack after a pause |
| 0:28.5 | that has had some people wondering if Moscow is a little more dependent on Tehran than is currently |
| 0:33.7 | thought. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fizzo says his country will take up the baton |
| 0:38.4 | from Hungary and block European Union funds to Ukraine if Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban |
| 0:43.8 | loses the upcoming election. And if shooting yourself in the foot was an Olympic sport, we explain |
| 0:49.1 | why the International Paralympic Committee would be in gold medal position. And later, a panel I took part in |
| 0:55.4 | at the Black Sea Security Forum in Odessa, looking at misinformation, innovation, and the brittle |
| 1:00.7 | flexibility of the defence industrial sector. Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable |
| 1:08.8 | hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:13.6 | The Russian is not one face. |
| 1:15.6 | First, we're in our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:19.6 | also our freedom and our European Writers. |
| 1:23.6 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:28.4 | 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. |
| 1:38.0 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:40.0 | We're strong. |
| 1:41.2 | We're Ukrainians. |
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