Ukraine blows Russian forces away at a river crossing and an interview with Ukraine's Eurovision commentator
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Day 79.
Today, we discuss Ukraine's attack on a Russian ship near Snake Island, a small but strategic output in the Black Sea. Plus, we interview Timur Miroshnychenko, Ukraine's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest, who has been broadcasting from a bomb shelter.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host)
Dom Nicholls (Defence & Security Editor)
Venetia Rainey (Assistant Foreign Editor)
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor)
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:02.8 | Podcasts. |
| 0:06.9 | Hi, Tony Diber here, the telegraphs US editor at Washington, D.C. |
| 0:13.4 | I've launched a new free to read newsletter from the US editor, featuring inside from |
| 0:18.6 | our correspondence around the world and for provoking opinion from leading journalists |
| 0:22.3 | in both Britain and the USA, the newsletter is packed with the best of the telegraphs global |
| 0:26.5 | coverage. |
| 0:27.5 | visit Telegraph.co.uk forward slash from the US editor to sign up. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, we'll discuss the latest updates from |
| 0:45.0 | Ukraine with a focus on the catastrophic Russian crossing of the Severskida-Nets River. |
| 0:50.0 | And I interview Ukraine's answer to Graham Norton, |
| 0:52.9 | Tima Rochenenko will be commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest from a bombshells in Kiev. |
| 1:09.5 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:15.8 | Every weekday afternoon, I sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraphs London |
| 1:19.6 | and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:25.5 | It's Friday, the 13th of May, day 79. And today, I'm joined by the Telegraphs Defence and Security |
| 1:32.0 | Editor, Dominic Nichols, Assistant Foreign Editor, Finisher Rainey, and Assistant Comment Editor, |
| 1:36.7 | Francis Dernley. I started by asking Dom and Finisher for the latest updates from the battlefront. |
| 1:43.2 | Hi, David. Hi, everybody. So a couple of things first off, Snake Island. We've been saying |
| 1:48.7 | keep an eye on Snake Island for a few days now. This is the very small island in the northwest of |
| 1:53.9 | the Black Sea of use. I mean, critical use for Russia. If they want to do an amphibious landing |
| 2:01.0 | in the area of Odessa, they simply have to hold Snake Island. They can't do it if it's in |
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