Ukraine ‘pins down’ 50,000 Russian troops as Putin’s spring offensive fails
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,220.
Today, as the US Ambassador to Russia leaves Moscow, we look at the latest attacks on Ukraine from land and air, and hear how the war is perceived on the other side of the world: in New Zealand.
Contributors:
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Tenby Powell (founder of the NGO Kiwi K.A.R.E). @tenbypowell on X.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Roland Oliphant and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.2 | Today, another massive drone attack on Ukraine. |
| 0:16.4 | America's ambassador leaves Moscow. |
| 0:18.3 | And Francis speaks to the founder of the NGO Kiwi care, |
| 0:23.0 | providing humanitarian aid and evacuations in Ukraine. |
| 0:27.3 | bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:37.1 | The Russian does not want fees. |
| 0:38.3 | First, we're |
| 0:39.3 | with our help for the Ukraine |
| 0:42.3 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:46.3 | Writers. |
| 0:47.3 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:51.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. |
| 0:56.6 | We can't as European, let us gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:01.1 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:03.1 | We're strong. |
| 1:04.3 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:07.1 | It's Friday, the 27th of June, three years, and 124 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:13.6 | First, I summarise the latest military and political developments of the last 24 hours. |
| 1:19.6 | Ukraine's Air Force said on Friday that it downed 359 out of 363 drones and six of eight missiles launched by Russia overnight. |
| 1:31.0 | That is up from just 41 drones the previous night. |
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