Russians flee sinking warship after Ukrainian attack & Kyiv strikes ‘volcanic’ oil refinery for fifth time
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,553.
Today, in the aftermath of one of the most intense aerial assaults on Ukraine of the entire war, we report on fresh strikes against Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery – the site of the extraordinary “manmade volcano” that has become symbolic of Kyiv’s campaign against Moscow’s energy infrastructure. Antonia Langford joins us live from Kyiv after witnessing ballistic missile attacks on the capital firsthand. We also examine the shrinking number of countries contributing to the Czech-led ammunition initiative, which now supplies around half of Ukraine’s artillery ammunition, and assess Britain’s attempt to regain control of the political narrative after last week’s easing of sanctions on Russia by unveiling new measures targeting cryptocurrency networks accused of financing Putin’s war machine.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Antonia Langford (Freelance Journalist in Kyiv). @Antonialford on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Learn more about ‘Ukraine Focus’:
How a bombed-out café became a symbol of hope in Kyiv (Antonia Langford for The Telegraph):
UK sanctions crypto networks funding Putin’s war machine (The Telegraph):
Does the "White Tiger" scene pose a new terrorist threat? (Der Speigel):
Donald Trump’s Board of Peace fund is empty (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/5ba3bd2c-0e0e-4306-84be-99d6d89b0d49?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Nine countries pull out of Ukraine ammunition coalition (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/f5dd7bd9-6da8-438b-bf80-1f942b91333d?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Zelensky’s top negotiator flies to Berlin for talks with Germany, France, UK (POLITICO):
Exclusive: Zelensky sends Trump urgent letter warning of Ukraine's critical missile defense shortages (Kyiv Independent):
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Fresh strikes against Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery
- Antonia Langford joins us live from Kyiv
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, in the aftermath of one of the most intense aerial assaults on Ukraine of the entire war, we report on fresh strikes against Russia's Tuapsy |
| 0:21.5 | oil refinery, the site of the extraordinary man-made volcano that has become symbolic of |
| 0:27.6 | Kiev's campaign against Moscow's energy infrastructure. Antonio Langford joins us live from |
| 0:32.1 | Kiev after witnessing and experiencing those ballistic missile attacks on the capital firsthand. |
| 0:37.2 | We also examined the shrinking number of countries contributing to the Czech-led ammunition |
| 0:41.7 | initiative, which now supplies around half of Ukraine's artillery ammunition, and assess |
| 0:46.6 | Britain's attempt to regain control of the narrative after last week's easing of sanctions on |
| 0:51.5 | Russia. |
| 0:52.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with |
| 1:00.7 | victory. |
| 1:02.2 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:03.9 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and |
| 1:09.8 | our European interests. 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. |
| 1:31.3 | It's Wednesday, the 27th of May, four years and 92 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:37.6 | And today I'm joined by my co-host and associate editor of defense here at the Telegraph, |
| 1:41.5 | Dominic Nichols, and live from Kiev, Antonia Langford. |
| 1:45.1 | But first, over to Dom first. Where do you want to start, Dom? |
| 1:48.2 | Well, thanks, Francis. Hello, everyone. Hello, Antonio. So there were a number of Ukrainian |
| 1:51.7 | strikes last night in Russia and across occupied Ukraine, hitting oil infrastructure, |
| 1:57.3 | military headquarters, airfields, that kind of thing. As you say, the Twapsee, Russia's oil refinery |
| 2:02.1 | on the Black Sea coast was hit for the fifth time this year. In fact, actually, the fifth time |
| 2:06.9 | just in spring this year. Monitoring channels reported other strikes across the Krasdarkai region as |
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