The Telegraph.

I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest.

Today, as reports flood in of Russian units being hunted deep within Ukraine,

we reveal more details of the operation and assess its

significance for the Trump-Pooten summit on Friday.

Then we hear more from Adley about her reporting trip to Ukraine and discuss a new report into

what Europe can do for its long-term strategic autonomy.

bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

The Russian does not want peace.

With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European values.

If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.

We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years.

We can not, as European, let's get the Russia in Ukraine.

Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians.

It's Wednesday, the 13th of August, three years and 172 days since the full-scale invasion began.

And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's Adelae Poshman-Ponte, freelance journalist David Kirichenko,

and researcher and our translator, Mikola Kuzmin.

But first, the key updates from me of the past 24 hours.

It makes sense to combine the military and political updates today, as both are impacting the

other to a particularly intense degree, as the world awaits significant meetings this afternoon,

in Berlin, and in Alaska on Friday, where Dom, I'm happy to say, is currently flying to.

First, the frontline situation, where Ukraine has said its forces are fending off Russian infantry units that pierce their defensive positions in Eastern Denezsk.

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