Trump sanctions ‘an act of war’, says Moscow, as US lifts restrictions on long-range European missiles
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,338.
Today, as Donald Trump unveils sweeping new sanctions on Russia’s energy giants, we analyse what recent developments reveal about the shifting power dynamics between Moscow and Washington. We also investigate an alleged Russian war crime in Donetsk and what it exposes about the brutal nature of the fighting there, before exploring why NATO nations continue to pour vast resources into tank production and modernisation.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Memphis Barker (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @memphisbarker on X.
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Chemical Weapons Expert and former Tank Commander). @hamishdbg on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Trump’s sanctions put him on a warpath with Russia, says Medvedev (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/10/22/trump-russia-oil-sanctions-putin/
Bodies strewn across Pokrovsk reveal horror of Russian war crimes (Memphis Barker in The Telegraph):
The man with the worst job in Ukraine (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/23/man-with-worst-job-in-ukraine/
Russian commander ordered troops to shoot Ukrainian civilians near Pokrovsk, radio intercept suggests (Kyiv Independent):
U.S. Lifts Key Restriction on Ukraine’s Use of European Long-Range Missiles (Wall Street Journal):
How tanks are evolving in Ukraine (New York Times):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, as Donald Trump unveils sweeping new sanctions on Russia's energy giants, |
| 0:18.0 | we analyse what recent developments reveal about the shifting power dynamics |
| 0:22.3 | between Moscow and Washington. We also investigate an alleged Russian war crime in Dynetsk and what |
| 0:28.2 | it exposes about the brutal nature of the fighting there, before exploring why NATO countries |
| 0:33.7 | continue to pour vast resources into tank production and modernization. |
| 0:39.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:49.1 | The Russia does not one face. |
| 0:50.6 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 0:58.0 | WERALD. |
| 0:59.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:03.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:08.0 | We can not, as European, |
| 1:10.0 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:12.8 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:14.7 | We're strong. |
| 1:16.0 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:18.9 | It's Thursday, the 23rd of October. |
| 1:21.6 | Three years and 243 days |
| 1:24.0 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:26.3 | And today, I'm joined by our associate Editor of Defence, Dominic Nichols, |
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