Russia crippled as ‘meat assaults’ fail in spring offensive & will this be the year Ukraine takes more territory than Moscow?
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,511.
Today, as the 50-nation Ukraine Defence Contact Group meets in Berlin just hours after President Zelensky signs a new defence cooperation pact with Germany, we assess the first moves of Hungary’s new prime minister and what they could mean for European support for Ukraine. We then take a deep dive into Russian military tactics and campaign design – including how Moscow consolidates control over occupied territories – with an expert from the Institute for the Study of War.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Karolina Hird of the Institute for the Study of War.
NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE:
Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel shortly after the release of the audio version. You will find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineTheLatest
CONTENT REFERENCED:
Karolina Hird’s Occupation Updates for the ISW:
https://understandingwar.org/people/karolina-hird/
The SBU detained an FSB informant who, while working as a school principal in Kramatorsk, corrected shelling of the city (Ukrainian Government):
17-year-old Lithuanian who won the Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad donated the entire prize to Ukraine (LRT):
Ukraine opens first Africa food supply center in Ghana (Kyiv Independent):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.8 | Today, as the 50-nation Ukraine defense contact group meets in Berlin, just hours after President Zelensky signed a new Defence Cooperation |
| 0:21.4 | Pact with Germany, we assessed the first moves of Hungary's new Prime Minister and what they |
| 0:26.3 | could mean for European support for Ukraine. We then take a deep dive into Russian military tactics |
| 0:32.1 | and campaign design, including how Moscow consolidates control over the occupied territories, |
| 0:36.9 | with an expert from the Institute for the Study of War. |
| 0:40.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:50.6 | The Russians is not one face. |
| 0:52.4 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:56.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:00.0 | Writers. |
| 1:01.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:05.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:10.0 | We can not't as European, |
| 1:12.3 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:14.6 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:16.6 | We're strong. |
| 1:17.9 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:20.6 | It's Wednesday, the 15th of April, |
| 1:23.2 | four years and 50 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:26.6 | And today, I'm joined by our associate |
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