Russians panic over 'new Operation Spiderweb’ & Trump abandons three-way talks with Putin and Zelensky
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,262.
Today, as deadline day begins, we discuss how plans for a trilateral summit of Trump, Zelensky, and Putin are already in jeopardy, and assess how the new tariffs on India are already impacting Russia’s increasingly precarious economy. We also cover reports of a new attack similar to Operation Spiderweb, and we do a deep dive into the history of Ukrainian chess, playing an International Master.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Malcolm Pein (Chess Correspondent). @TelegraphChess on X.
Content Referenced:
Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC)
https://www.chessinschools.co.uk/
Our Black Sea Video Dispatch:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YjuuQz414
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Trump abandons plans for three-way talks with Putin and Zelensky (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/07/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-zelensky/
Russia's budget deficit hits $61 billion, surpassing annual target by 30% (Kyiv Independent):
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-budget-deficit-hits-61-billion/
Russian football clubs given €10.8m in Uefa ‘solidarity’ funds since Ukraine invasion (The Guardian):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. What might happen if Russia attacked the UK? |
| 0:13.2 | This is clearly an enormous show of force. It is definitely out of the ordinary. |
| 0:17.3 | We ran a war game with former ministers back in the hot seat. |
| 0:21.3 | Van Wallace. |
| 0:22.0 | Amber Rudd. |
| 0:22.7 | Jack Straw. |
| 0:23.5 | It's the kind of war game that's genuinely tested inside government. |
| 0:27.6 | The Russians are signalling that there may be an attack. |
| 0:30.5 | Russia knows our weaknesses, but do you? |
| 0:33.1 | I'm Deborah Haynes from Sky News and Tortus. |
| 0:35.8 | This is the war game. |
| 0:37.1 | Listen, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, as deadline day begins, we discuss how |
| 0:51.6 | plans for a trilateral summit of Trump, Zelensky and Putin are already in |
| 0:56.6 | jeopardy, and then assess how the new tariffs on India are impacting Russia's increasingly precarious economy. |
| 1:03.7 | Plus, we do a deep dive into the history of Ukrainian chess as we play an international master. |
| 1:19.6 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. The Russian is not one piece. |
| 1:22.6 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine |
| 1:25.6 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:29.3 | Writers. |
| 1:31.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:35.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
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