Russia drops 500kg bomb on Donetsk & missing Mi-8 helicopter found crashed in far East
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,240.
Today, as Russia continues to target civilians, dropping a bomb on a shopping center, NATO members admit to being taken by surprise by Trump’s announcement that they would have to buy a Patriot missile system for Ukraine. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz comes to the UK to discuss defence, and Ukraine names Yulia Svyrydenko new prime minister. Finally, our colleague Danielle Sheridan interviews former head of the British Army General Sir Patrick Sanders.
Photo for illustrative purposes. A Russian Mi-8 military helicopter flies near the town of al-Qahtaniyah, Syria, on Feb. 4, 2021. (Delil Souleiman / AFP via Getty Images)
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor). @SheridanDani on X.
With thanks to General Sir Patrick Sanders, former head of the British Army.
Content Referenced:
Starmer and Merz find their happy place: War, Politico
Trump promised Patriots for Ukraine. Now Europe has to provide them, Reuters
'Prepare for war with Russia by 2030' says ex-army chief Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, Battle Lines, The Telegraph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiK4YIowwTM&list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dk&index=1
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Adley-Pershman-Pon-Pon-Té and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, as Russia continues to target civilians dropping a bomb on a shopping center or using their tried and tested double-tap |
| 0:21.9 | technique, NATO members admit to being taken by surprise by Trump's announcements that they would |
| 0:27.2 | have to buy Patriot missile systems for Ukraine. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz comes |
| 0:34.0 | to the UK to discuss defense, and Ukraine names Julius Viridenko, its new prime minister. |
| 0:40.3 | Finally, our colleague Danielle Sheridan interviews former head of the British Army General Sir Patrick's wonders. |
| 0:47.3 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:56.0 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:59.0 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:02.0 | also our freedom and our European Writers. |
| 1:07.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:11.5 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:16.5 | We don't know as European, the fact gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:21.1 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. |
| 1:24.4 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:27.1 | It's Thursday, the 17th of July, three years and 145 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:35.4 | I'm on my own today, so let me start with the military updates. |
| 1:39.7 | In terms of frontline advances, we're going to go from north to south, around the clock like we usually do, so starting north of Sumi near Suja, |
| 1:50.9 | Russian troops advance towards the village of Kindrativka, past the village of Olexivka and towards the liberated Andrievka. |
| 1:59.1 | Continuing east advances further south of Vodolahi and in two parallel pushes between the villages of Yablunivka and Yunakifka. |
| 2:08.0 | And then there's a finger further to the east just past the border and towards the village of Alexandria. |
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