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Spectacular explosion 'wipes out' Russian ammo dump & on patrol with Ukraine's Black Sea fleet

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

Guns, Documentary, News, Society & Culture, Daily News, Jets, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, Army, Ukraine, Tanks, Vladimir Putin, Russians, History, War, Russia-ukraine Conflict

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Day 1,226.

Today, as the fallout from Donald Trump freezing US weapons to Ukraine continues, in a special dispatch, we join the Ukrainian navy out on the Black Sea during an air attack on Odesa. Then we speak to the creator of Wargame – the new podcast simulating an attack by Russia on British soil, and hear what lessons it offers countries across the Western world.



Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

With thanks to our guest Deborah Haynes (Security and Defence Editor at Sky News). @haynesdeborah on X.



Content Referenced:


Our Black Sea Video Dispatch:

YouTube Version -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YjuuQz414  

Telegraph Version - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/03/russia-attacks-cargo-ships-ports-black-sea-ukraine-war/


The Wargame - Sky News and Tortoise Media podcast simulates a Russian attack on UK: 

https://news.sky.com/story/the-wargame-new-sky-news-and-tortoise-media-podcast-series-simulates-a-russian-attack-on-uk-13371462 


North Korea is sending Putin 30,000 more troops, Kyiv says (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/03/north-korea-russia-troops-ukraine/ 


Trump Is Playing a Cynical Game With Ukraine (Jake Sullivan in The New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/opinion/trump-ukraine-weapons.html 


Ukraine Can Still Win (Michael Carpenter in Foreign Affairs):

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukraine-can-still-win



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0:00.0

The Telegraph

0:05.0

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

0:13.0

Today, as the fallout from Donald Trump freezing US weapons to Ukraine continues,

0:18.0

in a special dispatch, we join the Ukrainian Navy out on the

0:22.3

Black Sea during an air attack on Odessa. Then we speak to the creator of Wargame, the new podcast

0:28.9

simulating an attack by Russia on British soil, and hear what lessons it offers countries

0:34.2

across the Western world. Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships

0:42.3

to finally reward you with victory.

0:45.3

Russia does not want peace.

0:47.3

First, we are protecting, with our help for the Ukraine,

0:51.3

also our freedom and our European values. If I or tomorrow, but for a hundred years.

1:05.0

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

1:10.0

Nobody is going to break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians. It's Thursday, the 3rd of July, three years and 130 days since the full-scale invasion began.

1:23.6

And today, I'm joined by the associate editor of Defence here at the Telegraph, Dominic Nichols,

1:28.5

and Security and Defence Editor at Sky News, Deborah Haynes.

1:32.6

But first, over to Dom for the latest military updates.

1:36.9

Let's follow on from yesterday's news about the US cancellation of future weapons supplies to Ukraine.

1:42.7

The Kremlin has wasted no time at all

1:45.2

capitalizing on the report. We spoke about it yesterday citing that Politico report. I did

1:50.2

actually read somewhere that that decision might be challenged as possibly unconstitutional,

1:55.3

saying that the president cannot arbitrarily decide to overturn a decision voted on by

2:00.8

Congress. I ask our U.S. listeners,

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