Russia burns through best missiles in ‘desperate’ Ukraine fightback & Putin 'losing power of speech'
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,552.
Today, as Russia plays the victim, claiming its latest mass attack that killed and injured civilians over the weekend was a ‘retaliation’ for a Ukrainian attack, we ask who the audiences are for such cynical mischaracterisation. We report on Ukraine’s continued mid-range strike campaign that has forced Russia to limit traffic on the land corridor to Crimea and look at the upcoming NATO summit as the Secretary General says Britain, France and others have scuppered a proposal for allies to spend a quarter of one per cent of GDP on military aid for Ukraine. And later, we hear from our regular Russia expert about how there is speculation Putin is losing his power of speech.
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Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @Jkjourno on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Putin burns through his best missiles in desperate Ukraine fightback (The Telegraph):
Britain rejects Nato plan for extra Ukraine military aid (The Telegraph):
Putin’s mid-air hijackings turn Ukraine’s drones against Europe (The Telegraph):
Revealed: The secret suburban life of Britain’s greatest Cold War spy (The Telegraph):
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- Russia burns through best missiles in ‘desperate’ Ukraine fightback
- Putin 'losing power of speech'
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Dom Nichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.7 | Today, as Russia plays the victim, claiming its latest mass attack that killed and injured civilians over the weekend was a retaliation for a Ukrainian attack, |
| 0:21.4 | we ask who the audiences are for such cynical mischaracterization. |
| 0:25.7 | We report on Ukraine's continued mid-range strike campaign that has forced Russia |
| 0:30.0 | to limit traffic on the land corridor to Crimea and look at the upcoming NATO summit, |
| 0:35.0 | as the Secretary General says Britain, France and others, |
| 0:38.0 | have scuppered a proposal for allies to spend a quarter of 1% of GDP on military aid for Ukraine. |
| 0:44.7 | And later, we hear from our regular Russia expert about how there is speculation Putin is losing his power of speech. |
| 0:53.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:03.1 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:04.7 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:08.2 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:11.6 | Writers. |
| 1:13.6 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:17.6 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:20.6 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:22.6 | We can not, as European, |
| 1:24.6 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:26.6 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:28.8 | We're strong. |
| 1:30.0 | We're Ukrainians. |
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