Zelensky seeks ‘binding commitments’ from Coalition of the Willing & US in first 2026 peace summit
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,412.
Today, as military and political chiefs from the Coalition of the Willing meet in Paris, President Zelensky continues to reshuffle his top team, including the replacement of the man behind Operation Spiderweb, a move that has been criticised in Ukraine. We have a look at how 2026 is being reported in the Russian media and, later, we speak to an analyst from the RAND corporation about how AI is now being fielded on drones in the war.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Lily Shanagher (Foreign Reporter). @LilyShanagher on X.
Michael Bohnert (Engineer & Researcher, RAND Corporation). @mbohnert on X.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.8 | Today, as military and political chiefs from the Coalition of the Willing Meet in Paris, |
| 0:16.9 | President Zelensky continues to reshuffle his top team, |
| 0:20.1 | including with the replacement of the man behind Operation Spider-Web, |
| 0:23.8 | a move that has been criticized in Ukraine. |
| 0:26.9 | We have a look at how 2026 is being reported in the Russian media, and later we speak to an analyst from Rand about how AI is now being fielded on drones in the war. |
| 0:37.5 | Bravering takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:47.3 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:48.9 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, also our freedom and our European |
| 0:56.0 | Writers. |
| 0:57.0 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:01.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:06.0 | We can not, as Europeans, |
| 1:09.0 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:11.3 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. |
| 1:14.5 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:17.2 | It's Tuesday, the 6th of January, three years and 318 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:23.7 | And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's foreign correspondent, Lily Shanaha, |
| 1:27.0 | an analyst at Rand, Michael Bonnet. |
| 1:29.4 | I started with the emerging news from Paris. |
| 1:33.9 | Now the main event today is the Ukraine Summit at the Elise Palace in Paris. |
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