Trump proposes West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine & offers Putin minerals for peace
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,268.
Today, as reports suggest Russian advances near Pokrovsk have “stalled”, we hear the contrasting European and American positions as we approach the summit in Alaska, including suggestions of a new minerals deal for Russia and a ‘West Bank-style occupation of parts of Ukraine’. Then you’ll hear Dom’s dispatch from Odesa, where he joined an anti-aircraft unit shooting down Russian drones.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Connor Stringer (Acting Deputy US Editor). @connor_stringer on X.
Content Referenced:
[DOM’S VIDEO] I joined a Ukrainian unit shooting down Russian drones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkdWu7Xt7o
Trump to offer Putin minerals for peace (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/08/13/trump-to-present-minerals-deal-to-putin-in-alaska/
Trump and Putin to hold press conference after Alaska talks (The Telegraph):
Zelensky faces his ‘moment of maximum pressure’ (Financial Times):
US and Russia ‘propose West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine’ (The Times):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. What might happen if Russia attacked the UK? |
| 0:13.2 | This is clearly an enormous show of force. It is definitely out of the ordinary. |
| 0:17.3 | We ran a war game with former ministers back in the hot seat. |
| 0:21.3 | Van Wallace. |
| 0:22.0 | Amber Rudd. |
| 0:22.7 | Jack Straw. |
| 0:23.5 | It's the kind of war game that's genuinely tested inside government. |
| 0:27.6 | The Russians are signalling that there may be an attack. |
| 0:30.5 | Russia knows our weaknesses, but do you? |
| 0:33.1 | I'm Deborah Haynes from Sky News and Tortus. |
| 0:35.8 | This is the war game. |
| 0:37.1 | Listen, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, as reports suggest Russian advances |
| 0:50.7 | near Pekrosk have stalled, we hear the contrasting European and American positions |
| 0:55.0 | as we approach the summit in Alaska, including suggestions of a new minerals deal for Russia |
| 1:00.1 | and a West Bank-style occupation of parts of Ukraine. Then you'll hear Dom's dispatch from Odessa, |
| 1:06.2 | where he joined an anti-aircraft unit shooting down Russian drones. |
| 1:10.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:20.6 | The Russian is not one feat. |
| 1:21.6 | First, we're, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:25.6 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:29.3 | Writers. |
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