Ukraine strikes elite Russian unit on Black Sea oil rig & rescues camel from overrun Russian position
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,350.
Today, as fierce fighting continues around Pokrovsk and Ukrainian forces strike energy facilities inside Russia, we report on a surge in American surveillance flights over the Black Sea – coinciding with the arrival of Washington’s Ambassador to NATO in Kyiv. We also examine Ukraine’s claim to have hit an elite Russian special forces unit stationed on a Black Sea oil platform, and speak with sanctions expert Stephanie Baker, who explains why Donald Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft are so significant.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Stephanie Baker (Senior Writer at Bloomberg). @StephaniBaker on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Stephanie Baker’s Book, ‘Punishing Putin: ‘The gripping expose of the global economic sanctions against Russia’s war in Ukraine’:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Punishing-Putin-gripping-economic-sanctions-ebook/dp/B0CWWFJ52G
Ukraine rescues camel used by Russian military (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/30/ukraine-rescues-camel-used-by-russian-military/
Ukraine ‘strikes elite Russian unit’ on Black Sea oil rig (The Telegraph):
Putin’s shadow fleet under threat as Trump tries to ‘terrify’ Russia’s allies (The Telegraph):
Russian Oil Finds Fewer Takes in China After Hit From Sanctions (Bloomberg):
Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast's iconic front-line rail stop, closed for 'indefinite period' (Kyiv Independent):
Intense US surveillance activity over the Black Sea (ItaMilRadar):
https://www.itamilradar.com/2025/11/03/intense-us-surveillance-activity-over-the-black-sea/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.9 | Today, as fighting rages around Percrosp and Ukrainian strikes continue inside Russia on energy facilities, |
| 0:18.6 | we report on an uptick in the tempo of US surveillance |
| 0:22.1 | flights across the Black Sea, just as Washington's ambassador to NATO arrives for talks in |
| 0:27.2 | Kiev. |
| 0:28.3 | We discussed Ukraine's claim to have struck an elite Russian Special Forces unit, stationed |
| 0:32.6 | on an oil drilling platform in the Black Sea, and we talked to business writer Stephanie |
| 0:36.8 | Baker, |
| 0:41.2 | who says Donald Trump's sanctioning of Russian oil giants, Luke Hoyle and Rosnev, |
| 0:43.9 | is far more significant than we realize. |
| 0:54.1 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:56.0 | The Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:59.3 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:03.8 | also our freedom and our European Writers. If I'm president, I will have that war settled |
| 1:07.1 | in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:08.9 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:13.6 | We can't, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:18.2 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:20.2 | We're strong. |
| 1:21.4 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:24.7 | It's Tuesday, the 4th of November, three years and 255 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
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