Unmasked: The Russian spies who targeted Europe on Putin’s orders
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,241.
Today, further to the usual military and political updates, we discuss a major coordinated announcement exposing senior Russian intelligence officers responsible for some of the most significant operations against Ukraine and its allies in recent years, then hear more about Moscow’s illegal operations in the occupied territories.
Contributors:
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondant). @RolandOliphant on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dr. Jade McGlynn (War Studies Department of King's College). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.
Content Referenced:
Unmasked: The Russian spies who targeted Britain on Putin’s orders (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/18/russian-spies-targeted-britain-unmasked-putin/
Ukraine invites foreign defense companies to test weapons on the battlefield (Kyiv Independent):
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm Roland Olufond and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, the British government has named and sanctioned 18 Russian GRU agents and one of the largest such sanctions to date. |
| 0:22.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:31.7 | The Russians is not one face. |
| 0:33.3 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 0:36.8 | also our freedom and our European |
| 0:40.6 | Writers. |
| 0:42.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 0:46.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:50.9 | We can't, as European, |
| 0:53.1 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:55.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:57.4 | We're strong. |
| 0:58.7 | Where Ukraine is? |
| 1:01.6 | It's Friday, the 18th of July, |
| 1:03.7 | three years and 146 days |
| 1:05.6 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:07.8 | And today, dialing in from Germany, |
| 1:09.4 | I'm joined by our executive editor for |
| 1:11.1 | Audio Francis Dernley, who further to the usual diplomatic updates talks with Dr. Jade |
| 1:16.1 | McGlynn about the latest resistance activities in the occupied territories. But first, I talk |
| 1:21.9 | through the military updates of the past 24 hours. |
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