Putin tells Trump: ‘We’re on right track to ending war’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,181.
Today, just minutes after Presidents Putin and Trump spoke over the phone following the failed peace talks in Turkey last week, we react to the strategy being adopted by both sides: is Putin playing Trump like a fiddle? Then, later, we hear about the worst aerial bombardment Ukraine has experienced of the entire war, which took place not three years ago, but on Sunday.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor for Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Gabriellus Landberghis (Lithuania's former Minister of Foreign Affairs). @GLandsbergis on X.
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Content Referenced:
Putin: Russia is strong enough to end what we started in Ukraine (The Telegraph):
Pope Leo meets JD Vance after calling for peace in Ukraine (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/18/pope/
Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/e99efa2b-338a-4065-89c6-0683d5759ed7
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| 0:44.4 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:49.0 | Today, just minutes after President's Putin and Trump spoke over the phone, |
| 0:53.1 | we react to the strategy being adopted by both sides. Is Putin and Trump spoke over the phone, we react to the strategy being |
| 0:54.6 | adopted by both sides. |
| 0:56.5 | Is Putin playing Trump like a fiddle? |
| 0:59.7 | Then, later, we hear about the worst aerial bombardment Ukraine has experienced of the entire |
| 1:05.4 | war, which took place not three years ago, but on Sunday. |
| 1:10.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:20.5 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 1:22.2 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European values. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:32.1 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:37.2 | We can't as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:41.5 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:46.7 | It's Monday, the 19th of May, three years and 85 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
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