Ukraine’s counter-offensive intensifies as pitched battles with Russian forces continue across the front lines
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Day 473.
Today, we analyse the latest news from the front lines as Ukraine’s counter-offensive intensifies, discuss the Russian fortifications that Kyiv’s troops are aiming to break through and we report on suspected partisan warfare as more railway lines in occupied Ukraine are blown up.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Reporter). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:15.3 | Today, we analyse the latest news from the frontlines as Ukraine's counteroffensive intensifies. |
| 0:21.1 | We discuss the Russian fortifications that Kiev's troops are aiming to break through, |
| 0:25.1 | and we report in suspected partisan warfare as more railway lines are occupied Ukraine |
| 0:29.4 | are blown up. |
| 0:30.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:40.7 | This hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in favor. |
| 0:46.5 | We need a military strategy for Ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield |
| 0:52.0 | to win the war. |
| 0:53.3 | Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:59.4 | Every weekday afternoon we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's London |
| 1:02.5 | newsroom and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis |
| 1:07.3 | on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:09.3 | It's Monday, the 12th of June, one year and 108 days since the full scale invasion |
| 1:14.0 | began, and today I'm joined by our associate editor Dominic Nichols, senior foreign correspondent |
| 1:19.1 | Roland Oliphance and Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes. |
| 1:22.7 | I started by asking Dom for the latest news from Ukraine. |
| 1:50.0 | In other, Ukrainian progress has been slower. Russian performance has been mixed. |
| 1:54.8 | Some units are likely conducting credible maneuver defense operations while others have pulled |
| 1:59.9 | back in some disorder amid increased reports of Russian casualties as they withdraw through their |
| 2:06.0 | own minefields. That's not a bad summation of what's happening, but let's dig in some of the |
| 2:11.9 | detail. But do hold that in the back of your mind and please remember that this is based on |
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