Tomahawk missiles ‘on the table’ from Trump & Russia humiliated by election in Moldova
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,314.
Today, amid heavy assaults on Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia, while Ukraine attacks more energy sites deep inside Russia, we hear about the evacuation of families from eastern Ukraine, where Moscow’s offensive continues to flatten whole cities – and about the half-marathon Dom ran to help raise money for one charity trying to help. Plus, we reflect on the historic election result in Moldova, and why it's bad news for Moscow.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
With special thanks to Ada Wordsworth and - as ever - to David Knowles (creator of 'Ukraine: The Latest').
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Pro-EU party wins Moldova election against Russian-leaning rival (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/29/moldova-election-results-pro-eu-pas-party-wins/
Why Ukraine is winning the war (Harari in The Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/2a4d7883-e9b5-4a98-b245-76232e70d3df?sharetype=blocked
Exclusive: Russia has secret war drones project in China (Reuters):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, amid heavy |
| 0:15.3 | assaults on Kiev and Zaporisia, while Ukraine attacks more energy sites deep inside Russia, |
| 0:20.3 | we hear about the evacuation |
| 0:22.0 | of families from eastern Ukraine, and about the half marathon Domran to help raise money for a charity |
| 0:28.2 | trying to help. Plus, we reflect on the historic election result in Moldova and why it's bad |
| 0:34.6 | news for Moscow. Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:47.0 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:48.8 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:52.3 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:56.3 | wreaths. |
| 0:57.5 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:01.5 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:06.5 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:12.5 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:13.8 | We're strong. |
| 1:15.5 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:19.7 | It's Monday, the 29th of September, |
| 1:24.4 | three years and 219 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:27.7 | And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's Associate Editor of Defense, Dominic Nichols, and sit down with the co-founder of one of the charities we're |
| 1:32.0 | supporting in David Knowles' memory, Ada Wordsworth. But first, over to Dom for the latest |
| 1:38.8 | military updates. So the sort of upshot from the weekend was, it just continued the theme of recent months, actually. |
| 1:47.0 | So if you've got somewhere else to go right now, that's it. |
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