Ukraine 'liberates' 160 square kilometers in counteroffensive in Donetsk & night-time raid destroys Russian multi-purpose vehicle
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,304.
Today, as President Zelensky claims Ukraine has liberated 160 square kilometers in a 'counteroffensive operation' in Donetsk, we hear live from Istanbul for the final speech of an old spymaster before retirement. Then we bring you another recording from David Knowles, who speaks to a witness to the murders which took place in Bucha, and asks what it takes to document and prosecute a war crime.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Roland Oliphant (Chief Foreign Analyst). @RolandOliphanton on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
With thanks to Wayne Jordash (Global Rights Compliance and Truth Hounds). WayneJordash on X. And special thanks - as ever - to David Knowles (creator of 'Ukraine: The Latest').
Content Referenced:
CHARITIES IN DAVID KNOWLES’ MEMORY:
KHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser:
https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowles
British Heart Foundation fundraiser:
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowles
MI6 puts out call to aspiring spies on dark web (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/18/mi6-puts-out-call-to-aspiring-spies-on-dark-web/
Assassin disguises himself as old woman in ‘Ukrainian bomb plot’ (The Telegraph):
How my face ended up on a Russian propaganda site (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/14/how-my-face-ended-up-on-a-russian-propaganda-site/
What the resignation of technocrat Dmitry Kozak tells us about power in Russia (The Kyiv Independent):
Which Russian military personnel are behind the murder of a family in Bucha? (Suspilne)
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, as President Zelensky |
| 0:15.8 | claims Ukraine has liberated 160 square kilometres in a counter-offensive operation in Dinesk, |
| 0:21.8 | we hear live from Istanbul for the final speech of an old spymaster before their retirement. |
| 0:27.7 | Then we bring you another recording from David Knowles, |
| 0:30.2 | who speaks to a witness to the murders which took place in Butcher, |
| 0:34.3 | and asks what it takes to document and prosecute such a war crime. |
| 0:39.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:49.2 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:51.0 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, also our |
| 0:55.0 | freedom and our European |
| 0:58.0 | Writers. |
| 0:59.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:03.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:08.0 | We can not, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:13.3 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:15.3 | We're strong. |
| 1:16.5 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:19.1 | It's Friday, the 19th of September, |
| 1:22.0 | three years and 209 days |
| 1:24.2 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:26.8 | And today, I'm joined by our Associate Editor of Defense, Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:30.3 | dialing in from Istanbul, |
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