Putin ‘sets sights on Sumy’ & Russia targets German speakers in search for cannon fodder
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Day 811.
Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
James Kilner (Editor of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin). @jkjourno on X.
With thanks to RAZOM'S Melinda Haring (@melindaharing), Ania Soloveiua (@AnnaSoloveiua), and Daniel Solchanyk (@DanielSolchanyk).
To learn more about RAZOM's work, visit:
https://www.razomforukraine.org/
For their update on the Kharkiv humanitarian crisis, see:
Articles Referenced:
Putin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (Telegraph):
Roland and Joe's In-Depth analysis of the Battle for Kharkiv (plus maps) -
Report on the Russian sanctuary created in Kharkiv (Institute for the Study of War):
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Orlando Bird, the Telegraph Letters Editor. |
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| 0:33.8 | forward slash letters. I'm Frances Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:47.0 | Today we discuss the latest reports from the Battlefront as Russia seemingly focuses its attention on the Ukrainian city of Sumi. |
| 0:55.0 | Then we consider the complex threads of geopolitics after a spate of shock deaths and assassination attempts, |
| 1:01.0 | and we hear about the military and humanitarian situation in Kharkiv. |
| 1:07.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:16.0 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, |
| 1:19.0 | the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 1:21.0 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 1:22.8 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 1:24.8 | We're strong. |
| 1:26.2 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:28.8 | Every weekday we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's London newsroom and our teams |
| 1:33.6 | reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in |
| 1:38.2 | Ukraine. It's Tuesday the 21st of May, two years and 88 days since the full-scale |
| 1:46.4 | invasion began. And today I'm joined by our Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, |
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