Russia launches ‘massive’ drone strike ahead of Putin talks & Zelensky sacks Defence Minister
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Day 557.
Today, we bring you the latest news from the frontlines, discuss the sacking of Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and we analyse the recent Ukrainian assault on the village of Verbove.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @JKJourno on Twitter.
Aliona Hvlicvo (Managing Director at The Henry Jackson Society). @aliona_hlivco on Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:02.0 | ...podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm David Knowles, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:15.0 | Today, we bring you updates from the front lines. |
| 0:19.0 | Discuss the sacking of Ukraine's Defence Minister Alexei Reznikov, |
| 0:22.0 | and we analyse the recent Ukrainian assault on the village of Vorbovo. |
| 0:27.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:36.0 | We need a military strategy for Ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield to win the war. |
| 0:42.0 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:49.0 | Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraphs London Newsroom, |
| 0:53.0 | and our team is reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:59.0 | It's Monday, the 4th of September, one year and 192 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:06.0 | And today, I'm joined by our assistant comment editor Francis Stanley, foreign correspondent James Kilner, |
| 1:11.0 | Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, and former Ukrainian MP and managing director of the Henry Jackson Society, Aliun Halivka. |
| 1:19.0 | I started by asking Francis for the latest news from Ukraine. |
| 1:25.0 | Thanks David, a particularly close intermingling of the military and political this morning and over the weekend, |
| 1:30.0 | a Klausfit special. |
| 1:32.0 | As we've come to expect on the eve of important summit, Russia carried out a three and a half hour drone assault |
| 1:38.0 | on the Danube River port of Ismail in the early hours of this morning, |
| 1:42.0 | just hours before Putin is due to meet Turkish President Erdogan to discuss the potential revival of the Black Sea grain deal. |
| 1:49.0 | The barrage of drones targeted the port damaged warehouses and production buildings, |
| 1:55.0 | and the debris caused fires at several civilian infrastructure sites Ukrainian officials have said |
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