The British Defence Secretary, nuclear escalation, and how Germany got hooked on Russian energy
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Day 169.
Today, we discuss updates from across the many front lines of the war in Ukraine, hear from the British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, and interview Dr Thomas Clausen on the history of how Germany became so reliant on Russian oil and gas.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). Follow Francis on Twitter @FrancisDearnley
Dom Nicholls (Defence & Security Editor). Follow Dom on Twitter @DomNicholls
Katie O'Neill (Assistant News Editor). Follow Katie on Twitter @_Katie__ONeill
With thanks to Dr Thomas Clausen.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telugu... |
| 0:03.1 | Podcasts |
| 0:09.5 | Hi, Tony Diber here, the telegraphs US editor at Washington DC. |
| 0:13.7 | I've launched a new Free to Read newsletter from the US editor, |
| 0:17.6 | featuring inside from our correspondence around the world, |
| 0:20.0 | and for provoking opinion from leading journalists in both Britain and the USA, |
| 0:24.0 | the newsletter is packed with the best of the telegraphs global coverage. |
| 0:27.6 | Visit telegraph.co.uk forward slash from the US editor to sign up. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Frances Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:42.4 | Today, as ever, we discuss updates from across the many frontlines of the war in Ukraine, |
| 0:47.3 | here from the British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, an interview Doctor Thomas Klauson |
| 0:51.7 | on the history of how Germany became so reliant on Russian oil and gas. |
| 0:57.8 | Oh, it's a link to this hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin |
| 1:04.1 | must end in favor. Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:11.2 | Every week, day after noon, we sit down with leading journalists from the telegraphs London |
| 1:15.0 | newsroom and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis |
| 1:19.9 | on the war in Ukraine. It's Thursday, the 11th of August, day 169. |
| 1:26.4 | And today, I'm joined by the telegraphs defense and security editor Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:30.2 | live from Denmark, where he's been talking to senior European officials, |
| 1:33.6 | and our assistant foreign editor, Katie O'Neill. |
| 1:37.6 | Before turning once more to yesterday's explosion in Crimea, |
| 1:40.7 | I began by asking Katie about a leak of Russian soldiers' candid experiences of the war. |
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