Russian troops now being ‘killed faster than Kremlin can recruit’ & world leaders gather in Kyiv to mark fourth anniversary of full-scale war
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,461.
Today, as world leaders gather in Kyiv to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we report live from two different regions of the country, covering the latest attacks from air and land and assessing the current battlefield picture. We reflect on the resilience of Ukrainians after years of war, and bring updates on an explosion in Moscow as well as reports suggesting that Moscow is now losing more soldiers on the frontline than it can recruit to sustain Vladimir Putin’s war effort.
Contributors
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @adeliepjz on X.
The Lord Dannatt (former head of the British Army)
Orysia Lutsevych OBE (Head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House)
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
The kill ratio that can sink Putin’s war (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/24/the-kill-ratio-that-can-sink-putin-war/
Moscow train station explosion kills police officer (The Telegraph):
Russian soldiers being killed faster than Kremlin can recruit them (The Telegraph):
Britain on ‘collision course’ with Russia, head of Army warns (The Telegraph):
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Francis Dernley. |
| 0:11.3 | I'm Domnickles. |
| 0:12.4 | I'm Adderley-Persman-Pon-Ponte. |
| 0:14.1 | And this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:16.8 | Today, as world leaders gather in Kiev for the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion, |
| 0:22.1 | we hear live from two different parts of the country, report on the latest attacks from air and land, |
| 0:27.9 | and reflect on the military picture and the remarkable resilience of Ukrainians after so many years of struggle. |
| 0:35.1 | Plus updates of a bomb going off in Moscow and reports that for the first |
| 0:39.3 | time Russia is losing more men at the front than it can recruit. |
| 0:44.5 | Bravering takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:53.7 | Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:55.3 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:58.5 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:02.9 | Werte. |
| 1:04.1 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:08.1 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 1:13.0 | We can't as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:17.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:19.4 | We're strong. |
| 1:20.7 | We're Ukraine is. |
| 1:23.5 | It's Tuesday, the 24th of February. |
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