Russia's Donbas offensive, China's reaction to the war and the threat of famine in Africa
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Day 97.
Today, we discuss the Russian offensive in the Donbas, the latest news from the European diplomatic stage and analyse how Chinese views of the war have changed over the past 3 months.
Plus, The Telegraph's Sarah Newey unpacks how the situation in Ukraine could lead to famine in Africa.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host)
Dom Nicholls (Defence & Security Editor)
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor)
Sophia Yan (China Correspondent)
Sarah Newey (Deputy Global Health Editor)
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraphs |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts |
| 0:10.0 | Hi, Tony Diber here, the telegraphs US editor at Washington, DC. |
| 0:14.0 | I've launched a new free-to-read newsletter from the US editor, |
| 0:18.0 | featuring inside from our correspondence around the world, |
| 0:21.0 | and for provoking opinion from leading journalists in both Britain and the USA, |
| 0:25.0 | the newsletter is packed with the best of the telegraphs global coverage. |
| 0:28.0 | Visit telegraph.co.uk, |
| 0:29.0 | forward slash from the US editor to sign up. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:43.0 | Today, we discuss Russia's offensive in the Donbass. |
| 0:46.0 | Ask our China correspondent, Sifir Yen, |
| 0:48.0 | how the war in Ukraine is being understood in Beijing. |
| 0:51.0 | And we hear from Sarah Neue, the telegraph's deputy global health editor, |
| 0:54.0 | who's been on the ground in the Horn of Africa, |
| 0:57.0 | seeing the impact of the war on food supplies firsthand. |
| 1:01.0 | This hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in vain. |
| 1:10.0 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:16.0 | Every week afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists |
| 1:19.0 | from the telegraph's London newsroom, |
| 1:21.0 | and our team's reporting on the ground to bring the latest news and analysis |
| 1:24.0 | on the war in Ukraine. |
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