Ukraine hunts Russian drone pilots in successful new tactic & Europe to shield itself from Putin with millions of landmines
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,219.
Today, after what some are calling a ‘triumphant’ NATO summit in the Hague, we assess the pledges made by President Donald Trump, and ask whether it was a historic achievement by Secretary General Mark Rutte. Then we do deeper dives into Ukraine’s military and strategic innovations, and the threat posed by Russia on Europe’s eastern flank, with dispatches from Lithuania and Latvia.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
David Blair (Chief Foreign Correspondent). @davidblairdt on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
With thanks to Baiba Braže (Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs). @Braze_Baiba on X.
Content Referenced:
Why calling Trump Daddy got Nato what they wanted (David Blair in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/25/how-nato-conquered-trump/
Europe is building a new ‘Iron Curtain’– with millions of landmines (David Blair in The Telegraph): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/24/lithuania-iron-curtain-landmines-europe/
An Interview With Andriy Zagorodnyuk (Professor Phillips O’Brian’s Substack):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.1 | What might happen if Russia attacked the UK? |
| 0:13.2 | This is clearly an enormous show of force. |
| 0:15.1 | It is definitely out of the ordinary. |
| 0:17.3 | We ran a war game with former ministers back in the hot seat. |
| 0:21.3 | Van Wallace. |
| 0:22.0 | Amber Rudd. |
| 0:22.7 | Jack Straw. |
| 0:23.5 | It's the kind of war game that's genuinely tested inside government. |
| 0:27.6 | The Russians are signalling that there may be an attack. |
| 0:30.5 | Russia knows our weaknesses, but do you? |
| 0:33.1 | I'm Deborah Haynes from Sky News and Tortus. |
| 0:35.8 | This is the war game. |
| 0:37.1 | Listen, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, after what some are calling a |
| 0:50.4 | triumphant NATO summit in the Hague, we assess the pledges made, before doing deeper |
| 0:55.9 | dives into Ukraine's military and strategic innovations and the threat posed by Russia on Europe's |
| 1:02.2 | eastern flank, with dispatches from Lithuania and Latvia. |
| 1:07.4 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:16.6 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 1:18.6 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:22.6 | also our freedom and our European Writers. |
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