Russian army suffers highest daily loss of the year & the horror of friendly fire with Hamish de Bretton-Gordon and James Hewitt
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,483.
Today, as Russia records its highest daily troop losses of the year in its war against Ukraine, we examine how the head of the Russian armed forces, General Valery Gerasimov, is reportedly presenting outdated battlefield information to Vladimir Putin to suggest the situation at the front remains under control. We report on fears that a damaged Russian shadow fleet tanker drifting in the Mediterranean Sea could trigger an environmental disaster of “unprecedented proportions”, and how President Zelensky has shown live battlefield footage from an iPad to the UK Parliament to illustrate the realities of 21st-century warfare. And later, we hear about the Make A Difference Foundation about its work supporting Ukrainian families displaced by Russia’s invasion, alongside memories from the First Gulf War with two former tank commanders, including the horror of friendly fire.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to former tank commanders Hamish de Bretton-Gordon and James Hewitt.
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Zelensky’s ‘don’t forget about me’ tour exposes panic in Ukraine (The Telegraph):
Stricken Russian tanker heading for environmental disaster (The Telegraph):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Dom Nichols and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:12.1 | Today, after Russia suffers the highest daily loss of personnel so far this year, it's no |
| 0:16.7 | surprise the head of their armed forces, General Valeri Garasimov, is repeating out-of-date |
| 0:21.7 | information to try to convince his boss that everything's going swimmingly at the front. |
| 0:26.8 | We report how a stricken Russian shadow fleet tanker adrift in the Mediterranean may cause |
| 0:31.5 | a disaster of unprecedented proportions, and how President Zelensky has shown live battlefield |
| 0:37.4 | footage from his iPad to |
| 0:39.1 | Britain's parliament to try to show what war in the 21st century looks like. And later, I speak to |
| 0:45.1 | the Make a Difference Foundation about their work supporting Ukrainian families fleeing the war. |
| 0:49.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:59.8 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:01.6 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 1:09.3 | Worship. |
| 1:10.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:14.2 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:19.2 | We can't as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:23.6 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:29.0 | It's Wednesday, the 18th of March, four years and 22 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:34.4 | And today I'm joined by former Royal Armoured Corps officers, Hamish to Britain Gordon and James Hewitt. |
| 1:39.6 | I started with the latest from the battlefield. |
| 1:45.1 | Okay, let's go over to the east. |
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