Russia bombs American factory in one of war’s largest attacks, defying Trump peace efforts
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,275.
Today, as Russia’s foreign minister accuses the Coalition of the Willing of “undermining” efforts to secure peace in Ukraine – comments later described as nothing but “noise” – Vladimir Putin makes clear how serious he is about negotiating peace by launching another mass aerial attack. Far from ending the war, we hear how Donald Trump is apparently going to “step back” from peace talks “for now”. Plus, we look at how Ukraine has demonstrated the next stage of drone development with a strike on Russian forces in the Black Sea, and interview the commander of Finland’s armed forces.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to the Commander of the Finnish Army, Lt Gen Pasi Välimäki
Content Referenced:
US will only give ‘minimal’ security guarantees to Ukraine, Europe warned (The Telegraph):
Trump steps back from Russia and Ukraine peace talks for now, sources say (The Guardian):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/trump-ukraine-russia-peace-talks
Why Steve Witkoff Is Trump’s Master of Disaster (Foreign Policy):
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/19/steve-witkoff-trump-putin-russia-ukraine-war-diplomacy
Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 (CNN):
A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants (William J Burns in The Atlantic):
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/trump-retribution-public-servants/683914/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.1 | Hey Kitty, time to eat your profits. |
| 0:12.5 | Good kitty, look how fat you've gotten. |
| 0:15.9 | That's the sound of some workplace pension providers paying their shareholders instead of you. |
| 0:21.0 | At people's pension, we don't have shareholders to pamper. |
| 0:24.3 | That's why over the last five years, we've given £100 million back to our members instead. |
| 0:30.2 | You've broken the cat flap again. |
| 0:32.4 | People's pension. Now that's a pension with purpose. |
| 0:35.5 | Visit peoplespension.com.uk.org. |
| 0:37.7 | forward slash pays you. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Domnicles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:47.6 | Today, as Russia's foreign minister accuses the coalition of the willing of undermining efforts to secure peace in Ukraine, |
| 0:55.0 | comments later described as nothing but noise, Putin makes clear how serious he is about negotiating peace |
| 1:00.3 | by launching another mass aerial attack. Far from ending the war, we hear how Donald Trump is |
| 1:05.7 | apparently going to step back from peace talks for now. Plus, we look at how Ukraine has demonstrated the next stage of drone development |
| 1:13.4 | with a strike on Russian forces in the Black Sea. |
| 1:17.9 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:27.3 | Russia does not one feast. |
| 1:28.3 | First, we're |
| 1:29.3 | with our help for the Ukraine |
| 1:32.3 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:36.3 | Writers. |
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