Ukraine ‘torches’ key Russian oil facilities & the motorway to save NATO from invasion
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,344.
Today, as the situation around the frontline city of Pokrovsk continues to worsen, we examine Ukraine’s latest wave of deep strikes targeting Russia’s military infrastructure. Then we turn to Brussels, where frustration mounts after European nations failed to agree on how to unlock frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv’s war effort. Then we hear about the motorway some believe could save NATO from Vladimir Putin’s aggression.
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Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
David Blair (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator). @davidblairdt on X.
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Battle Lines: Global Health Security episode on bioweapons:
The motorway that could save Nato from Putin’s aggression (David Blair in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/27/motorway-save-nato-putin-aggression/
US to Remove Brigade From Romania, Sources Tell Kyiv Post (Kyiv Post):
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63159
U.S. intelligence agencies see no sign Russia is ready to compromise on Ukraine (NBC):
A Russian Ka-52 helicopter shot down by "friendly fire” (The Insider):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, as the situation around the frontline |
| 0:16.5 | city of Pekrofts continues to worsen. We examine Ukraine's latest wave of deep strikes targeting |
| 0:22.1 | Russia's military infrastructure. Then we turn to Brussels, where frustration mounts after European |
| 0:27.3 | nations failed to agree on how to unlock frozen Russian assets to support Kiev's war effort. |
| 0:33.0 | Then we hear about the motorway, some believe could save NATO from Putin's aggression. |
| 0:38.5 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:48.2 | The Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:49.9 | With our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 0:55.1 | wreaths. |
| 0:56.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:00.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:05.0 | We can not, as European, |
| 1:07.0 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:09.0 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. |
| 1:12.6 | Where are the Ukrainians? |
| 1:14.1 | It's Wednesday, the 28th of October, three years and 249 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:21.1 | And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes |
| 1:24.2 | and our chief foreign affairs commentator, David Blair. |
| 1:27.7 | First, the latest military updates of the past 24 hours. |
| 1:33.8 | Russia outnumbers Ukrainian troops 8 to 1 in Prokrosk in Eastern Denezsk. |
| 1:39.2 | So President Zelensky told journalists this week. |
| 1:42.2 | Imagine how many Russian forces are there, he said, |
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