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Ukraine: The Latest

Strike on Russian gunpowder factory sparks massive explosion & Kremlin 'diplomats' break into UK Parliament

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

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

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Day 1,059.

Today, we cover Ukrainian hits on a Russian refinery and gunpowder plot, reports of North Korean suicide troops, and Russian diplomats infiltrating the UK parliament.


Contributors:

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Narrative Podcast Producer). @adeliepjz on X.

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


Content referenced: 

Politico on the (other) Donald and Starmer’s visit to POland

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/keir-and-the-other-donald/


Politico’s exclusive interview with Keir Starmer in Kyiv

https://www.politico.eu/article/america-europe-donald-trump-keir-starmer-ukraine-russia-peace-initiative/


The Guardian on Russian diplomats breaking into UK Parliament

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/16/russian-diplomats-accessed-private-area-of-uk-parliament-in-security-breach


BBC on lack of convictions on Russian sanctions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd994vl76qo


Adélie’s Friday treat, a playlist from the French public radio on the best David Lynch music (for the many David-shaped holes in your lives)

https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip/podcasts/fip-tape/hommage-a-david-lynch-1803519


Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest

Email: [email protected]



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0:00.0

Meet Jamal.

0:00.9

Hey.

0:01.6

Jamal's just reversed into another car.

0:04.3

And of all the people.

0:06.2

Oh no.

0:07.1

It's his ex.

0:08.4

How's he going to deal with this awkward situation?

0:11.2

Thankfully, Aviva can help solve this car insurance conundrum.

0:14.9

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0:20.0

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0:20.6

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0:24.7

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0:31.2

I'm Adelaipuja, Pousman-onthe, and this is Ukraine, the latest.

0:39.3

Today, we cover Ukrainian hits on a Russian refinery and gunpowder plot, reports of North Korean suicide troops, and Russian diplomats infiltrating the UK Parliament.

0:51.3

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

1:01.0

The first duty of my government is security and defence to make clear our unshakable support

1:08.0

of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine.

1:14.1

Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're strong. Where Ukraine is.

1:18.9

It's Friday, the 17th of January. Two years and 32 days since the full-scale invasion began.

1:26.2

And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's Associate

1:28.4

Editor for Defence, Dom Nichols, and later in the episode, Francis Durnley, who sits down

1:33.7

with Time magazine's Foreign Affairs correspondent, Simon Schuster. Well, hi, Adley, hello everybody.

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