Russian gas production ‘buckles’ under Ukrainian strikes & Kremlin enforces blackout on foreign SIM cards
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,323
Today, as Moscow tightens restrictions on gas sales and mobile networks amid Ukraine’s escalating campaign against Moscow’s oil industry, reports emerge that Russian workers are being told to halt operations as “preemptive measures” against drone attacks. We also discuss Dom and Francis’s appearance on Russian state TV, and speak with Australia’s military representative to NATO and the EU about the broader implications for the war.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Air Vice-Marshal Dianne Turton.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Francis and Dom’s Video Documentary on Odesa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM
Kremlin’s anti-West propaganda film makes just £845 at box office (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/07/russian-propaganda-film-flops/
Chris O tweet on Russian recruitment:
https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975617573946585577
EU pressure builds on Belgium to allow use of Russia’s frozen assets (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/6c2dace9-a3be-485a-bf79-59e361709764
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:10.1 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:13.9 | Today, as Russia imposes further restrictions on gas sales and mobile networks, |
| 0:18.1 | as Ukraine's campaign against Moscow's oil sector continues, |
| 0:21.9 | we hear how workers are now being told to down tools as preemptive measures against Ukrainian drone attacks. |
| 0:29.5 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:38.3 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:40.3 | With our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:42.3 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:45.3 | Writers. |
| 0:46.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:50.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 0:56.0 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:00.0 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:02.0 | We're strong. |
| 1:03.0 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:05.0 | It's Wednesday, the 8th of October, three years and 228 days since the full-scale invasion began. And today I'm |
| 1:12.7 | joined by our executive editor for audio, Francis Dernley. Let's go into Russia, first of all, |
| 1:19.3 | and restrictions on gasoline sales in Russia have expanded to the Tumen and the Sferlossk Oblasts. |
| 1:26.1 | This comes from Russian pro-government media outlets, |
| 1:28.8 | that's speaking yesterday. Now, those two regions are about 2,000 kilometres east of Moscow. |
| 1:34.3 | They're way, way, way over. They border, or Sferd-Los borders Kazakhstan, |
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