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Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,321.
Today, we break down Ukraine’s escalating drone war targeting Russian industry and examine how Ukrainian intelligence claims China supplied satellite imagery of US-funded factories. We also cover the latest riots in Georgia and election results in Czechia, analysing what they reveal about European political stability. Later, following a weekend of explosions across Russia and occupied Crimea, a RAND Corporation analyst joins us to assess Putin’s weakening oil industry, the potential breaking point for Russia’s energy sector, and how a proposed European “drone wall” could reshape the continent’s defences.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to RAND Analyst Michael Bohnert.
CONTENT REFERENCED:
‘The Battle for Odesa: Ukraine's Culture War’ (Francis & Dom Video Documentary):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM
Europe is facing its ‘Pearl Harbor moment’ (Landbergis in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/05/europe-faces-pearl-harbor-moment/
Georgia’s presidential palace ‘attacked’ after pro-Russia party’s win (The Telegraph):
Santander hires former head of British Army (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/06/santander-hires-former-head-of-british-army/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Don Nichols, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.9 | Today we report on Kiev's continued aerial war against Russian industry, |
| 0:17.7 | how Ukrainian intelligence has accused China of giving satellite imagery to Russia |
| 0:22.1 | of American-funded factories inside Ukraine, and we discuss riots in Georgia and election results |
| 0:28.9 | in Chequia. |
| 0:30.3 | And later, after a weekend characterized by blasts across Russia and occupied Crimea, we ask |
| 0:36.1 | a RAND analyst to explain where the breaking point is |
| 0:39.2 | for Putin's oil industry and what a European drone war might look like. |
| 0:45.3 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:56.0 | The Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:59.3 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:03.9 | also our freedom and our European Werte. |
| 1:04.9 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:08.9 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 1:13.9 | We can't, as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:18.2 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:20.2 | We're strong. |
| 1:21.5 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:24.1 | It's Monday, the 6th of October, three years and 226 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:30.9 | And today I'm joined by the Telegraph's executive editor for audio, Francis Dernley, and Rand analyst Michael Bonnet. |
| 1:37.7 | I started with the latest news from Ukraine. |
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