Russia’s Victory Day parade ‘stripped of all military kit’ amid Putin ‘paranoia’ & Ukraine hits target 1,500km from its border
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,525.
Today, following a 1500 kilometer Ukrainian deep strike on a Russian oil facility, we hear how – for the first time in 18 years – Moscow’s Victory Day parade will feature no military kit as Vladimir Putin’s paranoia continues. Then we take you to Washington, where King Charles III sought to charm the Trump administration by deploying pomp, circumstance, and a sprinkling of history, before speaking to a war artist about what it’s like painting soldiers on the frontline in an active warzone.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @Jkjourno on X.
With thanks to war artist Max Denison-Pender.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Learn more about Max Denison-Pender’s war art:
https://www.denisonpender.com/ukraine
‘If France can seize Russia’s oil tankers, so can Britain’ (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):
King brings the House down on day of jokes, ovations and warm words (The Telegraph):
Hezbollah attacks Israeli military helicopter with fibre optic drones (The Telegraph):
US ambassador to Ukraine to leave over differences with Donald Trump (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/33d5d8d4-a7db-4647-9751-c21de8ebecb8?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Moscow’s Victory Day parade will feature no military kit
- King Charles III charms the Trump administration
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:12.5 | Today, following a 1500-kilometer Ukrainian deep strike on a Russian oil facility, |
| 0:18.3 | we hear how, for the first time in 18 years, Moscow's Victory Day |
| 0:22.2 | parade will feature no military kit. Then we take you to Washington, where King Charles |
| 0:27.9 | III sought to charm the Trump administration by deploying pomp, circumstance and a sprinkling |
| 0:33.7 | of history. |
| 0:34.3 | Two hundred and fifty years ago, or, as we, in the United Kingdom, just the other day. |
| 0:42.2 | Then we speak to a war artist about what it's like painting soldiers on the front line in an |
| 0:47.7 | active war zone. |
| 0:49.6 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:59.3 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:01.1 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 1:08.6 | Writers. |
| 1:09.8 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:13.6 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:18.6 | We can not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:22.6 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:24.6 | We're strong. |
| 1:25.6 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:28.2 | It's Wednesday, the 29th of April, four years and 64 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:34.6 | And today, I'm joined by our Russia analyst, James Kilner, a London-based artist, Max Denison Pender. |
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