Ukrainian special forces ‘capture Russian soldiers’ in fresh Kursk advance
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,017.
Today, as Kyiv forces launch a fresh assault in Kursk and capture Russian soldiers, we hear the mood in the combat zone of the Donbas, as Zelensky’s right-hand man Yermak tours Washington to speak to Trump’s team.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Tom Mutch (Freelance Journalist). @Tomthescribe on X.
Ed Cumming (Senior Feature Writer). @edcumming on X.
Content Referenced:
Ukrainian special forces ‘capture 12 Russian soldiers’ in fresh Kursk advance (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/06/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news/
Ukraine to open talks with Trump team on halting war (Wall Street Journal):
https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-to-open-talks-with-trump-team-on-halting-war
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:07.5 | Today, as Kiev forces launch a fresh assault in Kursk and capture Russian soldiers, |
| 0:12.3 | we hear the mood in the combat zone of the Dombas, |
| 0:14.9 | as Zelenskyy's right-hand man Yermak tours Washington to speak directly to Trump's team. |
| 0:21.9 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:31.4 | The first duty of my government is security and defence to make clear our unshakable support of NATO and with our |
| 0:39.9 | allies towards Ukraine. |
| 0:43.0 | Keep stand strong. Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're strong. Where Ukraine is. |
| 0:49.0 | It's Friday, the 6th of December, two years and 292 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:57.5 | And today, I'm joined by our Associate Editor of Defence, Dominic Nichols, freelance war correspondent |
| 1:02.5 | Tom Much, and senior features writer here at the Telegraph, Ed Cumming, fresh from a trip to |
| 1:08.2 | Edessa. |
| 1:09.6 | Dom started with the latest news from the battlefront. |
| 1:13.3 | Well, hi Francis, thank you. |
| 1:14.8 | Hello everybody. |
| 1:15.6 | Happy Armed Forces Day to our Ukrainian friends. |
| 1:18.1 | Let's start up in the Kursk region. |
| 1:20.8 | Ukraine say they've captured 12 Russian soldiers after an attack up there. |
| 1:24.3 | This comes on the telegram channel from Ukrainian Special Forces Unit. |
| 1:29.5 | I mean, 12 soldiers, that's not very international news, but interesting that it belies this narrative |
| 1:37.4 | that Ukraine has been pushed out by Russia. Anyway, footage released on Telegram by the Special |
| 1:43.1 | Forces Unit shows a number of combat clashes between troops in an area, |
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