Putin's mass drone attack 'fails' as Ukraine’s special forces wreck Russian fighter jets in daring night-time raid
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,202.
Today, we assess the overall strategic picture as Russia sets its sights on one of the regions not illegally annexed after one the most furious, but failed, aerial bombardments of the war. Then we hear more from the fallout of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s meeting with Donald Trump and from the Polish Presidential election last week, before hearing from a historian of the Cold War about the right, and wrong, lessons we take from that era.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Memphis Barker (Senior foreign correspondent). @memphisbarker on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
With thanks to Vladislav Zubok (Historian of international relations, London School of Economics). @VladislavZubok1 on X.
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Content Referenced:
‘The World of the Cold War’ by Vladislav Zubok:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/303799/the-world-of-the-cold-war-by-zubok-vladislav/9780241696149
Ukraine’s race to recovery after Russian devastation (Memphis Barker in The Telegraph):
How Merz plans to avoid an Oval Office pasting (James Rothwell in The Telegraph):
Watch: New footage of Ukraine’s daring drone raid on Russian planes (The Telegraph):
Putin unleashes a summer offensive to break Ukraine (The Economist):
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/06/08/putin-unleashes-a-summer-offensive-to-break-ukraine
President Zelensky’s Interview with ABC News:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7gSoZ0_M8E
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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, we assess the overall strategic picture as Russia sets its sights on one of the regions not are legally annexed, |
| 0:20.0 | after one of the most furious but failed aerial bombardments of the war. |
| 0:25.3 | Then we hear more from the fallout of German Chancellor Meerts' meeting with Trump |
| 0:28.9 | and from the Polish presidential election last week, |
| 0:32.0 | before hearing from a historian of the Cold War |
| 0:34.5 | about the right and wrong lessons we take from that era. |
| 0:38.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:48.4 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:50.2 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:53.7 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:58.0 | Writers. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:03.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:08.0 | We can not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. Nobody's going to break us. We can't as European let's get the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:12.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:14.4 | We're strong. |
| 1:15.6 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:18.2 | It's Monday, the 9th of June, |
| 1:20.9 | three years and 106 days |
| 1:23.3 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:25.6 | And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph |
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