Russian trains "explode" in blow to Putin’s war effort & fierce fighting in the east as Ukraine retreats
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Day 793.
Today, we discuss the latest news from across Ukraine as Russia’s grinding advance continues in the east, we delve deeper into the tanks arms race following the news that Ukraine withdraws the American Abrams from frontline service and Francis Dearnley interviews Serhii Kuzan from the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.
Dominic Nicholls(Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X
With thanks to Serhii Kuzan from the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, and translator, Yevheniy Larionov: https://uscc.org.ua/en/about/
Articles / Interviews Referenced:
'UK and US aid for Ukraine should inspire others to do more, Estonia’s ‘Iron Lady’ says' (Telegraph)
'The UK must go further to help Ukraine to decisive victory' (The House)
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/uk-go-help-ukraine-decisive-victory
'Western banks in Russia paid €800mn in taxes to Kremlin last year' (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/cd6c28e2-d327-4c2a-a023-098ca43eacfb
'Russia has found the critical vulnerability in Nato’s American tanks' (Hamish in The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/26/m1a1-abrams-ukraine-drones-russia/
'Why Ramzan Kadyrov’s demise could plunge Putin into a new war' (The Times):
'Putin Didn’t Directly Order Alexei Navalny’s February Death, U.S. Spy Agencies Find'
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/alexei-navalny-death-us-intelligence-71bc95b0
Mark Galeotti Interview on Ukraine: The Latest:
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Orlando Bird, the Telegraph Letters Editor. |
| 0:05.0 | Everyone knows that you, our readers and listeners are the sharpest and wittiest in the world. |
| 0:10.0 | And now you can join me every Friday for my newsletter, letters to the editor, where |
| 0:15.3 | I survey the week's best contributions on the subjects you care about most. |
| 0:20.2 | Will the government make it to the end of the month? Would a return to British Rail really be so bad? |
| 0:25.0 | And most importantly, what's the correct way to boil an egg? |
| 0:29.0 | Sign up and join the debate at telegraph.co. UK forward slash letters. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm David Noles and this continues in the east. |
| 0:54.0 | We delve deeper into the Tank's arms race following the news that Ukraine has withdrawn |
| 0:58.5 | the American A-Brown's from frontline service. |
| 1:01.0 | And Francis Sternley interviews Sir He Kucan, the head of the Ukrainian |
| 1:05.0 | security and cooperation centre. |
| 1:07.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:16.5 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 1:21.5 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 1:23.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 1:25.0 | We're strong. |
| 1:26.0 | Where Ukrainian is. |
| 1:28.0 | Every weekday afternoon we sit down with leading journalists |
| 1:31.0 | from the Telegraphs London newsroom |
| 1:32.0 | and our team's reporting on the ground |
| 1:34.3 | to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
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