Trump tells Ukraine: Accept Putin’s demands ‘or be destroyed’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,335.
Today, as the world digests the outcome of the White House meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, we examine why the lack of progress on Tomahawk missiles caught many observers off guard. We also explore the significance – if any – of Trump’s planned talks with Vladimir Putin in Budapest, widely seen as part of the Kremlin’s strategy to stall for time. Plus, we report on another slow weekend at the front, continued Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil and gas facilities, and hear from a leading professor on what it would take to achieve a genuine breakthrough in peace negotiations.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Professor Robert Person (Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Eurasia Program). @RTPerson3 on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Zelensky offers Trump drones for Tomahawks (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/17/zelenksy-meets-trump-white-house-live-updates/
Trump envoy pushes Ukraine to surrender Donetsk to Russia (The Telegraph):
Pete Hegseth’s tie causes diplomatic spat (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/19/pete-hegseth-tie-causes-diplomatic-spat/
Trump tells Ukraine: Accept Putin’s demands ‘or be destroyed’ (The Telegraph):
Pete Hegseth’s tie causes diplomatic spat (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/19/pete-hegseth-tie-causes-diplomatic-spat/
Ukraine’s most prestigious military units are run like businesses: (The Economist): https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/14/ukraines-most-prestigious-military-units-are-run-like-businesses?utm_campaign=shared_article
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| 1:17.8 | Today, as the world digests the news from Friday's meeting in the White House between Donald Trump and President Zelensky, |
| 1:24.2 | we report how the lack of a breakthrough on Tom Hawk missiles actually caught |
| 1:28.2 | some observers by surprise. We ask how relevant the planned meeting in Budapest between Trump |
| 1:33.6 | and Putin will be, given the widespread acceptance that it's just a continuation of the |
| 1:37.9 | Kremlin's strategy of stalling for time. And we report on yet another weekend of minimal |
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