Trump hands Putin ‘the prize he’s always wanted’ over Greenland & Ukraine’s robot machine gunner ‘held off Russia for six weeks’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,425.
Today, amid the gravest crisis for the transatlantic alliance in decades over the fate of Greenland, we examine the implications of Russia considering strikes on substations supplying Ukraine’s nuclear power plants. Then we assess the options available to NATO allies seeking to placate President Donald Trump, before hearing about a Ukrainian robot that supposedly held the line against Russian troops for 45 days, and offering an update on how Moscow is deploying Orthodox nuns as an instrument of hybrid warfare.
Contributors
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
Verity Bowman (Foreign Correspondent). @VerityBowman on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Trump: Taking Greenland is revenge for losing Nobel Peace Prize (The Telegraph):
Pro-Putin spy nuns infiltrating Sweden (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/18/pro-putin-spy-nuns-infiltrating-sweden/
James Rothwell’s Sweden Dispatch (The Telegraph):
Denmark ‘will shoot first and ask questions later’ over Greenland (The Telegraph):
Ukraine’s robot machine gunner held off Russia for six weeks (The Telegraph):
The Ukrainian billionaire whose battalion delivered a blow to Putin (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/17/ukrainian-billionaire-battalion-blow-putin/
‘America vs. the World’ (The Atlantic):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.1 | Today, amid the gravest crisis for the transatlantic alliance in decades over the fate of Greenland, |
| 0:20.0 | we examine the implications of Russia |
| 0:22.4 | considering strikes on substations supplying Ukraine's nuclear power plants. Then we assess the options |
| 0:28.8 | available to NATO allies seeking to placate President Trump before hearing about a robot that |
| 0:34.7 | supposedly held the line against Russian troops for 45 days, |
| 0:38.2 | and offering an update on how Moscow is deploying nuns as an instrument of hybrid war. |
| 0:46.0 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:55.8 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:57.6 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:01.1 | also our freedom and our European values. |
| 1:06.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:10.1 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:15.1 | We can not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:19.6 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:21.6 | We're strong. |
| 1:22.6 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:24.6 | It's Monday, the 19th of January, three years and 331 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:33.6 | And today, I'm joined by our Associate Editor of Defense, Dominic Nichols, our Berlin correspondent |
| 1:38.2 | James Rothwell, who is about to fly to Greenland, and foreign reporter Verity Bowman. |
| 1:43.3 | But first, as ever, over to Dom for the latest |
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