Troops cling to ‘sliver’ of Russian territory in Kursk & Trump talks of trading ‘power plants’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,118.
Today, as another call is scheduled between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, we analyse the latest developments in Kursk, where Ukrainian forces continue to hold a sliver of Russian territory. Meanwhile, European leaders weigh their next steps, with French President Emmanuel Macron declaring that Russia would have "no say" if Western peacekeeping troops were deployed in Ukraine.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X
Content Referenced:
U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion (New York Times):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-ukraine-invasion-accountability.html
No more lost territory, return of deported children — Kyiv names red lines for peace deal (Kyiv Independent):
France Should Join NATO’s Nuclear Sharing Arrangements To Strengthen Deterrence (Chatham House Report):
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon’s article in The Telegraph:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/15/putin-peace-trump-nato-war-ukraine/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, upon another call being scheduled between President Trump and Putin, we look at the latest in Kursk, where key forces hold on to a sliver of Russian territory. |
| 0:19.0 | And consider the steps being taken by Europe, as President Macron |
| 0:22.6 | states Russia would have no say if Western peacekeeping troops were placed on the ground in Ukraine. |
| 0:29.9 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:39.0 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:43.8 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:45.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:50.0 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:54.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:56.4 | We're strong. |
| 0:57.6 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:59.4 | It's Monday, the 17th of March, |
| 1:01.9 | three years and 22 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:06.0 | And today I'm joined in London by our associate editor of defense, |
| 1:09.2 | Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:10.5 | dialing in from EU headquarters, |
| 1:12.5 | our Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, and live from near Salisbury Plain, former tank commander |
| 1:18.3 | and chemical weapons expert, Hamish de Breton Gordon. But first, over to Dom, for the latest |
| 1:24.5 | on the battlefield developments. Hello, Francis. Hello, everybody. Let's start in Russia. |
| 1:30.8 | And Ukraine's position in Kursk has been much reduced over the weekend. |
| 1:35.0 | They now hold 30 to 40 square kilometres of land to the west of Sujer, |
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