Russian forces storm ‘critical’ town in east Ukraine & US Republicans block aid to Ukraine
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Day 712.
Today, we discuss the latest news from Ukraine as Russian units attempt to storm the eastern town of Avdiivka. In the US, aid for Ukraine has faltered on Capitol Hill and in Russia, a potential anti-war presidential candidate has been barred from standing against Putin.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.
Rozina Sabur (Deputy US Editor). @RozinaSabur on Twitter).
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
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| 0:39.2 | that in full detail in tomorrow's episode. I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:49.0 | Today, we discuss the latest news from Ukraine as Russian units attempt to storm the eastern town of Avdivka. |
| 0:56.0 | In the US, aid for Ukraine has faulted on Capitol Hill, and in Russia a potential anti-war presidential |
| 1:01.7 | candidate has been barred from standing against Putin. |
| 1:05.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:14.4 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, |
| 1:16.8 | the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 1:19.4 | Slava, Ukraine! |
| 1:20.4 | Nobody is one of the greatest. |
| 1:22.4 | We're strong. We're Ukraine. Ukrainian. |
| 1:27.0 | Every weekday afternoon we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's |
| 1:29.9 | London newsroom and our team's reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news |
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