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Ukraine: The Latest

Trump to meet Putin and Zelensky 'next week' & declares Russia 'extraordinary threat to US'

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

Guns, Documentary, News, Society & Culture, Daily News, Jets, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, Army, Ukraine, Tanks, Vladimir Putin, Russians, History, War, Russia-ukraine Conflict

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Day 1,261.

Today, with 24 hours to go until Donald Trump’s ceasefire deadline passes, we assess reports that he intends to meet Putin within days, and broker a meeting between the Russian President and President Zelensky. Has the Kremlin done enough to avoid those tariffs? Plus, also hear from the Ukrainian border with Belarus, where families are reunited.


Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.


Content Referenced:

Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/07/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-zelensky/ 


Trump to meet Putin as early as next week (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/08/06/putin-zelensky-meet-ukraine-peace-talks-trump/ 


Trump declares Russia ‘extraordinary threat to US’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/06/trump-declares-russia-extraordinary-threat-us-india-tariffs/ 


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0:00.0

The Telegraph.

0:05.0

I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest.

0:14.0

Today, with 24 hours to go until Trump's ceasefire deadline passes,

0:19.0

we assess reports that Trump intends to meet Putin within days

0:22.9

and broker a meeting between the Russian president and President Zelensky.

0:27.6

Has the Kremlin done enough to avoid those tariffs?

0:31.6

Plus, we hear from the Ukrainian border with Belarus,

0:34.6

where families are reunited.

0:36.7

Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

0:45.3

The Russia does not want peace.

0:48.3

With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European

0:53.3

Writers. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.

0:58.0

We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years.

1:03.0

We can not, as European,

1:05.0

let's gain the Russia in Ukraine.

1:07.0

Nobody's going to break us.

1:09.0

We're strong. We're Ukrainians.

1:12.6

It's Thursday, the 7th of August, three years and 166 days since the full-scale invasion began.

1:19.2

And today, I'm joined in London by our Associate Editor of Defense, Dognick Nichols.

1:23.2

And later, you're here again from Adelae-Posjean-Ponte in Ukraine.

1:27.8

But first, over to Dom, for the latest military updates before we turn to the significant

1:32.5

diplomatic developments of the last 24 hours.

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