Ukraine defends against Russian attack on border, Putin's spy mansion & how Moscow is 'replaying' the Second World War
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Day 800.
Today, Russia launches an assault on Ukrainian border towns in Kharkiv, we discuss Russian spycraft in the UK and the links between the Second World War and Russian atrocities today, and we interview Anna Zakletska – the Ukrainian TV presenter, singer, and activist, who's one of the official commentators in Ukraine at Eurovision.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles on X.
FrancisDearnley (Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on X.
Robert Mendick (Chief Reporter). @rmendick on X.
With thanks to Oleksa Drachewych, Professor of History at Western University. @ODrachewych on X.
To learn more about the charity 'Woman and War' Anna referenced, you can visit:
https://womanandwar.com/
Articles / Episode Referenced:
'How Russian jets are still flying' (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f8d61a5d-708f-47c4-8dbd-0e80452dea5a?shareType=nongift
Secrets of the Kent Kremlin: Putin’s English spy mansion (The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/08/secrets-kent-kremlin-gothic-mansion-putin-spies/
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Orlando Bird, the Telegraph Letters Editor. |
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| 0:29.0 | Sign up and join the debate at telegraph.co. UK forward slash letters. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest today. |
| 0:48.0 | Russia launches an assault on the Ukrainian border in Harkiv. |
| 0:51.0 | We discuss Russian spycraft in the UK, the links between the Second World War and Russian atrocities today, and we interview Anna Zocletzka, the Ukrainian TV presenter, singer and activist, who's one of the official commentators for Eurovision in Ukraine. |
| 1:04.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:13.0 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 1:18.0 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 1:20.0 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We are Ukrainians. |
| 1:25.6 | Every weekday afternoon we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's |
| 1:28.7 | London newsroom and our team is reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:36.2 | It's Friday the 10th of May, two years and 77 days since the full scale invasion began. |
| 1:41.6 | And today I'm joined by our assistant comment editor Francis |
| 1:43.9 | sternly, chief reporter Rob Mendic, and our guest is a professor of history at |
| 1:48.1 | Western University in London Ontario, Alexa Drachevich. I started by looking at the latest news from Ukraine. |
| 1:57.0 | Russian forces are moving in the east, intensifying attacks against Harkiv a blast. |
| 2:01.2 | This is a developing story so the details at the moment are a little |
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