Zelensky: US security guarantees ‘100% ready’ & Russian city hit with ‘most massive’ strike of the war
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,432.
Today, as Kyiv endures sub-zero temperatures, we report on Russia’s latest mass aerial attack on the city, carried out even as trilateral so-called peace talks were taking place in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. We examine Steve Witkoff’s latest visit to Moscow – he has still yet to travel to Ukraine – and ask why Russia is now pushing the opaque “Alaska formula” in a bid to secure territory it has failed to seize by force. And later, Francis Dearnley and Hamish de Bretton-Gordon visit the British Army’s Land Warfare Centre, where the next generation of soldiers is learning the lessons of the war in Ukraine.
Contributors
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBGon on X.
With thanks to Colonel Thurston from the Land Warfare Centre.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, as Keev struggles through |
| 0:14.4 | sub-zero temperatures, we report on Russia's latest mass aerial attack on the city that took place, |
| 0:19.8 | even as trilateral so-called peace talks talks were going on in Abu Dhabi. |
| 0:24.4 | We look at the latest visit by Steve Wiccoff to Moscow, he's still yet to visit Ukraine, |
| 0:29.2 | and asked why Russia is now pushing the mysterious Alaska formula. |
| 0:33.2 | In a bid to gain territory, it has not been able to seize by force. |
| 0:37.1 | And later, Francis visits the British Army's Land warfare center with Hamish to Breton Gordon, |
| 0:42.1 | where the next generation of soldiers are learning the lessons of the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:47.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:56.8 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:58.6 | First, we're fighting, with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:02.0 | also our freedom and our European |
| 1:06.0 | Writers. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, |
| 1:10.3 | 24 hours. |
| 1:11.2 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:16.3 | We don't know, as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:20.8 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:26.7 | It's Monday, the 26th of January, three years and 338 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:33.5 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor for audio, Francis Dernley, |
| 1:37.4 | and former tank unit commander Hamish de Breton Gordon. |
| 1:40.6 | I started with a wash-up of the weekend's diplomatic activity. |
| 1:45.1 | So the two days of trilateral peace talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States held in the United Arab Emirates ended on Saturday night without a breakthrough. |
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