Russia’s deadliest day & Orban ‘gross act of disloyalty’ stalls €90bn Ukraine loan
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,485.
Three days into Russia’s so called ‘spring offensive’, there are barely any advances on the ground yet casualties continue to rise. A Ukrainian delegation is on its way to Washington to resume talks tomorrow after the latest round in the diary was postponed by the war in Iran. Meanwhile the European Union stalls again in providing Ukraine with financial relief.
Contributors:
Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Dr Jack Watling, Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute. @Jack_Watling on X.
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United 24: 110-Truck “Humanitarian” Convoy From Central Asia Heads To Iran—But What’s Inside?
Exclusive: Ukraine has few options if Hungary keeps EU funding frozen, Kyiv Independent
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We interviewed Iran’s envoy to Ukraine and it was absolutely wild, Kyiv Independent
https://kyivindependent.com/we-interviewed-irans-envoy-in-ukraine-and-it-was-absolutely-wild/
Russia uneasy as Trump's envoy quietly courts Moscow's closest ally, Kytiv Independent
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Oscar-nominated ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ exposes Russian passivity, Kyiv Independent
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Adelaipersman-Ponté and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:17.8 | Today, three days into Russia's so-called spring offensive, there |
| 0:22.8 | are virtually no advances on the ground, yet casualties continue to rise. A Ukrainian delegation |
| 0:29.4 | is on its way to Washington to resume talks tomorrow after the latest round in the diary was |
| 0:34.5 | postponed by the war in Iran. Meanwhile, the European Union stools again |
| 0:40.0 | in providing Ukraine with financial relief. |
| 0:43.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:53.1 | The Russian is not want peace. |
| 0:55.0 | First, we're with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:58.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:02.0 | Writers. |
| 1:03.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:07.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 1:12.6 | We can't as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:17.1 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:23.1 | It's Friday, the 20th of March, four years and 24 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:30.1 | Today, I'm joined by my colleague Dom Nichols, Associate Editor for Defence, and, as usual, |
| 1:35.6 | let's go to Dom for the military updates. |
| 1:38.8 | Well, thanks, Adelaide. So, yeah, day three, as you say, of Russia's spring offensive, |
| 1:43.0 | if that's what it is, the most offensive thing so far being that they've lost another 1,600 soldiers for just a few hundred meters of land, |
| 1:49.3 | southwest of Julipol. |
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