Strike sets thermal power plant ‘ablaze’ inside Russia & shooting at draft office in Ukraine leaves two soldiers injured
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,346.
Today, as Ukrainian forces hang on in Pokrovsk, we discuss more reports coming out of the city of Russian troops fighting in civilian clothes – a clear war crime. Plus, we hear about Ukraine’s latest long range strikes inside Russia and look at a worrying message from the International Atomic Energy Agency that accuses Moscow of targeting three of Ukraine's nuclear power plants. Later, we hear how a Ukrainian opera lost for 250 years premiered earlier this month in Chernivtsi, accompanied by the sound of air alerts.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjzon X.
With thanks to Nataliya Lukyanova and James Butterwick
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Russian soldiers disguised in civilian clothes infiltrating front-line city (The Telegraph):
Poland, Hungary and Slovakia defy Brussels as Ukraine trade deal takes effect (POLITICO)
Trump-Vladimir Putin Budapest summit axed following Moscow memo (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/d6655fb1-31af-4da8-85f7-085a8fc00969
Hungary’s foot-dragging on Russian oil crashes into reality
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-foot-dragging-russian-oil-crashes-reality-croatia-sanction/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, as Ukrainian forces hang on in Percrosp, there are reports coming out of the city |
| 0:17.0 | that Russian troops are fighting in civilian clothes, a tactic they've been accused of |
| 0:21.7 | before, and a clear war crime. Plus, we hear about Ukraine's latest long-range strikes inside |
| 0:27.8 | Russia and look at a worrying message from the International Atomic Energy Agency that accuses |
| 0:32.9 | Russia of targeting three of Ukraine's nuclear power plants. And later, we hear how an opera that had been lost for 250 years |
| 0:41.1 | premiered earlier this month in Chernipski, accompanied by the sound of air alerts. |
| 0:47.7 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships |
| 0:53.3 | to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:57.5 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:59.3 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:02.7 | also our freedom and our European values. |
| 1:08.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:11.9 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:17.0 | We can't as European let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:21.5 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:27.4 | It's Friday, the 31st of October, three years and 251 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:34.2 | And today, I'm joined by a telegraph reporter and producer Adelae Poghman-Ponte. |
| 1:39.0 | I started with the military updates from the last 24 hours. |
| 1:43.3 | Let's start inside Ukraine. |
| 1:45.6 | Let's go to the Dombas, |
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