Top secret US intelligence file on Putin disappears, Germany's war aims in Ukraine & tensions rise between Russia and Finland
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Day 661.
Today, we bring you the news from across Ukraine, discuss recent developments in Germany, and analyse the decision of London Mayor Sadiq Khan to block a plan to send jeeps to Kyiv.
Plus, we talk again to Dr Thomas Clausen.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
James Kilner (Editor, Central Asia and South Caucasus bulletin). @JKJourno on Twitter.
Dr Thomas Clausen (Historian). @DrThomasClausen on Twitter.
Brooks Newmark (Founder, Ukraine's Angels). @BrooksNewmark on Twitter).
Read more: "Russians carved swastikas into foreheads of Ukrainian captives": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/16/swastika-scar-carved-two-ukrainians-russians-mental-knife/
Charities: We have spoken to many charities this year - from Vans Without Borders, to GP Now, to KHARPP - and we receive many messages from listeners asking for recommendations of charities they can support. We include a link to the Ukrainian Institute of London's list of charities and organisations they recommend:
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:02.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm David Knowles. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest. Today we bring you news from |
| 0:17.4 | across Ukraine discuss recent developments in Germany and we analyze the |
| 0:21.8 | decision of London Mayor |
| 0:23.0 | Siddeak Khan to send cars to Ukraine that would otherwise be |
| 0:26.7 | scrapped under London's new ultra-low emission zone. |
| 0:30.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:39.0 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 0:43.9 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 0:45.6 | Nobody want to break us. |
| 0:47.6 | We're strong. |
| 0:48.8 | We are Ukrainians. |
| 0:51.6 | Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph London newsroom and our team is reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:01.0 | It's Monday, the 18th of December, one year and 297 days since the full-scale invasion |
| 1:06.8 | began. |
| 1:07.8 | And today I'm joined by our assistant comment editor Francis Sternly, editor of the Central Asia |
| 1:11.9 | and South Caucasus Bulletin James Kilner, and our guest is Dr Thomas |
| 1:15.6 | Klausen, a historian who works as a liberal think tank in Berlin. |
| 1:20.3 | But first, the news from Ukraine. Over the weekend, the drone battles and missile strikes continued across the country. |
| 1:27.0 | This comes from the US-based think tank, the ISW, the Institute for the Study of War. |
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