Zelensky offers to help Trump unblock Strait of Hormuz & killing each Russian soldier costs Kyiv ‘under ‘$1,000’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,496.
Today, as Ukraine offers to assist in re-opening the Strait of Hormuz, we hear reports of the Ukrainians being warned off attacking oil energy infrastructure as the world continues to reel from the war in Iran, before examining leaked calls between the Russian and Hungarian foreign ministers that suggest an even closer relationship between Moscow and Budapest than previously understood. Finally, we reflect on the anniversary of the Bucha massacre – one of the most notorious atrocities of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and hear the view from the battlefield with frontline reporter Francis Farrell.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.
With thanks to Francis Farrell of the Kyiv Independent.
NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE:
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Francis’s Documentary on Hungary, Russia, and Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIILzKnFs2o
Chernobyl Event Tomorrow by the Ukrainian Institute of London/Royal Society of the Arts:
Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks (The Insider and others):
https://theins.press/en/inv/290911
Foreign fighters in Russian ranks rise above 27,000, Ukraine says (Kyiv Independent):
Interview exclusive de Sergueï Lavrov, ministre des Affaires étrangères russe (France 2):
Pourquoi et dans quelles conditions la rédaction de France Télévisions a-t-elle réalisé l'interview de Sergueï Lavrov, chef de la diplomatie russe ? (France Info):
Francis Farrell’s recent journalism for The Kyiv Independent:
https://kyivindependent.com/author/francis-farrell/
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.5 | Today, as Ukraine offers to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 0:17.1 | we hear reports of the Ukrainians being warned off attacking oil energy infrastructure, as the |
| 0:21.8 | world continues to reel from the war in Iran. Then we examine leaked calls between the Russian and |
| 0:27.7 | Hungarian foreign ministers that suggest an even closer relationship between Moscow and Budapest |
| 0:33.3 | than previously understood. Finally, we reflect on the anniversary of the Butcher Massacre, |
| 0:39.0 | one of the most notorious atrocities of Russia's invasion. |
| 0:42.7 | And then hear the view from the battlefield with frontline reporter Francis Farrow. |
| 0:48.1 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:57.4 | The Russia does not want fees. |
| 0:58.9 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:02.5 | also our freedom and our European Writers. |
| 1:07.7 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:11.7 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:16.7 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:21.0 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:26.9 | It's Tuesday, the 31st of March, four years and 35 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:33.7 | And today I'm joined by my co-host, Adelaide Le Poceman-Ponte, and later you'll hear the first of |
| 1:38.1 | her interviews with our friends at the Kiev Independent, starting off with frontline reporter |
| 1:42.7 | Francis Farrell. |
| 1:46.2 | But first, the major military and political developments from me. Over the past few days, we've been reporting on the huge |
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