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Ukraine: The Latest

Putin’s forces suffer 35,000 casualties in March – the highest rate of the war – as 17 killed in Russia’s deadliest attack of 2026

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

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

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Day 1,512.

Today, as Russian forces suffer more than 35,000 casualties in Ukraine in a single month – the highest rate of the war so far – we report on fresh strikes across Ukraine that have killed at least 17 civilians, including a 12 year old boy. We assess the outcome of the latest Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base, and examine the dramatic first moves of Hungary’s new prime minister, who has vowed to shut down state television, describing it as “North Korean-style propaganda”. And later, we bring you the latest from Russia, including reaction in Moscow to the political fall of Viktor Orbán.


Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.

James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @Jkjourno on X.


NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE:

Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel shortly after the release of the audio version. You will find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineTheLatest  


CONTENT REFERENCED:

Child among 14 killed in Russian strikes (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/16/wave-of-russian-strikes-kills-14-in-ukraine/ 


Ukraine’s drones dent Russia’s war-fuelled oil windfall (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/d49e288f-b74e-44a8-a2f3-ec87f7cb5c27?syn-25a6b1a6=1 


‘The pope versus the president: how Leo became Trump’s fearless foe’ (Financial Times): 

https://www.ft.com/content/4f67aa87-9210-402d-bfef-b71b294d65cb?syn-25a6b1a6=1


Pope Pius II’s memoirs (Vol. I; Harvard University Press):

https://itatti.harvard.edu/publications/commentaries 


The Border by Erika Fatland: 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57950362-the-border 


EMAIL US:

Contact the team on ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk . We continue to read every message, and seek to respond to as many on air and in our newsletter as possible.



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0:00.0

The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, as Russian forces

0:14.9

suffer more than 35,000 casualties in Ukraine in a single month, the highest rate of the war so far. We report on fresh

0:23.0

strikes across the country that have killed at least 17 civilians in Kiev, Odessa and elsewhere,

0:29.4

including a 12-year-old boy. We then assess the outcome of the latest Ukraine Defence

0:34.1

Contact Group meeting at Ramstein and examine the dramatic first moves of Hungary's new Prime Minister,

0:40.6

who's vowed to shut down state television, describing it as North Korean-style propaganda.

0:46.7

Then, later, we bring you the latest from Russia, including reaction in Moscow to the fall of Viktor Orban.

0:53.4

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

1:03.3

The Russians is not one feat.

1:05.0

First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine,

1:08.5

also our freedom and our European

1:12.6

Writers.

1:13.7

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

1:17.7

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

1:22.7

We can't as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine.

1:27.3

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

1:33.1

It's Thursday, the 16th of April, four years and 51 days, since the full-scale invasion began.

1:39.8

And today, I'm joined by my co-host, Adelaidele Poghhman-Ponte and later our Russia analyst, James Kilner.

1:46.2

But first, the latest military developments of the last 24 hours.

1:51.0

Last night, Ukraine suffered one of the largest combined attacks this year, with bombardments

1:56.2

across the country, killing a 12-year-old boy and at least 16 others. The death toll has been

2:02.3

rising all morning. Rescuers pulled the child from the rubble of a residential building in

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