The Ukrainian spy who fooled Moscow & interview with a frontline drone unit commander
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,351.
Today, as reports from Pokrovsk indicate Russian troops now hold positions across nearly the entire city, prosecutors in Kharkiv launch a new war crimes investigation after footage emerged of an alleged Russian FPV drone strike on two civilians carrying a white flag near Kharkiv. We also examine today’s Joint Expeditionary Force meeting in Norway – asking whether it’s wise for the group to brand itself as “NATO’s first responders” – before doing a deep dive into recent cases of Ukrainian and Russian spycraft. Later, we speak with the commander of a Ukrainian drone unit who helped destroy Russian forces following the so-called “breakthrough” in Dobropillya.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Dimko Zhluktenko.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Learn more about Dimko’s charity, Dzyga’s Paw:
Dom’s story on MI5 chief’s warnings (The Telegraph):
The Ukrainian double-agent playing Russia at its own game (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/01/ukraine-russia-war-double-agent-security-services/
A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative (The Insider):
https://theins.ru/en/inv/286477
Russia moves to year-round conscription from 2026 (Kyiv Independent):
Is there a risk of encirclement in Pokrovsk and what awaits Myrnohrad? Soldiers explain (Hromadske):
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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 reports from Percroft say Russian soldiers now have a presence in almost all parts of the city, |
| 0:18.0 | prosecutors in Harkeyev have opened another war crimes investigation |
| 0:22.0 | after footage emerges of an alleged Russian FPV drone strike on a pair of civilians, attempting to |
| 0:28.2 | walk to safety whilst carrying a white flag. We look at today's meeting in Norway of the Joint |
| 0:33.3 | Expeditionary Force and ask if it's wise the group describes itself as NATO's first responders. |
| 0:39.4 | And later, we interview the commander of a Ukrainian drone unit who helped destroy Russian forces |
| 0:44.4 | after the so-called breakthrough in Dobrupier. |
| 0:47.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:57.5 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:59.2 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 1:04.3 | were president. |
| 1:04.9 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:09.1 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:14.1 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:18.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:20.4 | We're strong. |
| 1:21.8 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:23.6 | It's Wednesday, the 5th of November, three years and 256 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:30.0 | And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's executive editor for audio, Francis Dernley. |
| 1:34.6 | I started with the latest military updates from Ukraine. |
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