Trump: Putin is ‘making concessions’ in peace talks & US envoy Witkoff coaches Kremlin negotiator in leaked call
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,371.
Today, as a leaked call reveals that Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy to Russia, coached a Kremlin negotiator on how to make Donald Trump more favourable to Moscow’s position, we examine the fallout – or the lack of it. We also assess new signals that Trump’s much-trailed Thursday deadline may not be as cast-iron as claimed. Then we turn to the reaction from Moscow and across Europe’s parliaments: alarm, or business as usual?
Contributors
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/26/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-trump-peace-talks/
Trump envoy coaches Kremlin negotiator in leaked call (Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/11/25/witkoff-coach-russians-peace-plan-trump/
Starmer demands British boots on ground under Ukraine peace deal (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/25/russia-hints-it-may-reject-latest-peace-deal/
I’ve seen high-level negotiations. Witkoff broke the one rule that matters (David Blair in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/26/witkoff-ushakov-leaked-call/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.9 | Today, as a leaked call reveals that Steve Wittkoff, the US's special envoy to Russia, |
| 0:18.6 | coached a Kremlin negotiator on how to make Donald Trump more favourable to Moscow's position. |
| 0:23.6 | We examine the fallout or lack of it. |
| 0:26.8 | We also assess new signals that Trump's much-trailed Thursday deadline may not be as cast iron as claimed |
| 0:33.4 | before we turn to the reaction from Moscow and across Europe's parliaments to the latest developments. |
| 0:39.6 | Is it alarm or business as usual? |
| 0:42.5 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:52.2 | The Russian does not want, please. |
| 0:53.9 | With our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:56.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:59.0 | Writers. |
| 1:00.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:04.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, |
| 1:07.0 | but for a hundred years. |
| 1:09.0 | We can not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:13.2 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:15.2 | We're strong. |
| 1:16.5 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:18.6 | It's Wednesday, the 26th of November, |
| 1:21.5 | three years and 277 days |
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