Day 537 . Today – further to reporting on advances at the battlefront – we discuss the sudden implosion of the Russian rouble, the arrest of three suspected Kremlin spies in Britain, and do a deep dive into the alleged failures in Nato training provided to Ukrainian forces, and how such deficiencies might be remedied. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Daniel Ridley (...
Aug 15, 2023•51 min
Day 536 . Today, we discuss another attack on the Kerch bridge, more drones fired at Russia, and the service "GP Now", that offers an online tele-medical service for people affected by the war in Ukraine. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Robert Hicken (CEO, GP Now) Dr Gogna (Former Surgeon General in Australia, GP Now). Extras: To listen to David's interview with celebrated Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy, scroll to the bottom of this a...
Aug 14, 2023•41 min
Day 533 . Today, we discuss more reported drone strikes inside Russia, crowdfunding supplies Ukraine's war effort, and a new report from Ukrainian intelligence agencies about how Russia is developing malware to target the Starlink satellite communication system. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Gareth Corfield (Senior Tech Reporter). @GazTheJourno on Twitter. Anne Robles (Ukraine Front Line, a non-profit organisation). Extras: To listen t...
Aug 11, 2023•47 min
Day 532 . Today, we discuss a potential breakthrough in the grain deal, strikes in Moscow and across Ukraine, and how Kyiv's Foreign Minister has likened his country's counter-offensive to the Second World War Battle of Monte Cassino. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joeon Twitter. Extras: To listen to David's interview w...
Aug 10, 2023•42 min
Day 531 . Today, we discuss the huge, mysterious explosion at a factory near Moscow known for producing night vision devices for the Russian army, report on “heavy battles” raging in the east of Ukraine, and debate whether it is possible or advisable to suspend Russia from the UN Security Council. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Bri...
Aug 09, 2023•37 min
Day 530 . Today, we bring you the latest updates from Ukraine, discuss the Russian strike on a hotel and pizza restaurant in Pokrovsk and we interview Frederick Kagan Senior Fellow and Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreig...
Aug 08, 2023•58 min
Day 529. Today, we bring you the latest updates from Ukraine, report on the heavy fighting that continues across the front lines, and analyse the Ukrainian strike on an oil tanker. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter. Aide to German MP worked with Russia to delay tanks f...
Aug 07, 2023•46 min
Day 526. Today, we analyse the strike on a Russian warship in the Black Sea, discuss Russian attacks on medical facilities, and look at the future for Ukrainian refugees in the UK. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Genevieve Holl-Allen (Political Repoter). @genevieve_holl on Twitter. With thanks to: Oksana Pyzik (Global Health Advisor and Lecturer at UCL School of Pharmacy). @OksanaPyzikUCL on Twitter. ...
Aug 04, 2023•52 min
Day 525. Today, we bring you the latest updates from Ukraine as Kyiv endures another night of drone attacks and discuss a diplomatic spat between Ukraine and Poland. Plus, we analyse the changing Russian strategy over the full-scale invasion. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter...
Aug 03, 2023•40 min
Day 524. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront, discuss recent developments in drone warfare and its implications for armies around the world, and discuss a new report on torture in the occupied regions of Ukraine. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Verity Bowman (Foreign Correspondent). @VerityBowman on Twitter. Gareth Corfield (Senior Tech Reporter). @GazTheJourno on Twitter. Hamish ...
Aug 02, 2023•45 min
Day 523. Today, we bring you the latest news Ukraine, analyse the growing closeness of Russia and North Korea & we have the second part of a special two-part interview with the FT’s Ukraine Correspondent, Christopher Miller. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Nicola Smith (Asia Correspondent). @niccijsmith on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter. Christopher Miller (Ukr...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Day 522. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss the coup in Niger, and have the first part in a special two-part interview with the FT's Ukraine Correspondent, Christopher Miller. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Melissa Lawford (Economics Reporter). @MelissaLawford on Twitter. Christopher Miller (Ukraine Correspondent, Financial Times). @ChristopherJM on Twitter Read Christopher Mil...
Jul 31, 2023•53 min
Day 519. Today, we bring you the latest news from the Ukrainian counter-offensive, analyse the challenges facing Ukrainian drone pilots, and look at the issues around Unilever in Russia. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Maighna Nanu (Foreign Reporter) @Maighna_N on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. Matt Oliver (special correspondent for the Telegraph's business team) @mattotele on Twitter. With thanks to Svitlana Morenets (Ukrainian...
Jul 28, 2023•47 min
Day 518 . Today, as Ukraine attacks in the south with thousands of troops, western tanks, and armoured vehicles, we bring you the latest updates from the front line. Plus we speak to the researchers behind the Wall Evidence project, an online archive of inscriptions the Russian military left during the occupation of the territories of Ukraine since February 2022. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. Nataliya Vas...
Jul 27, 2023•53 min
Day 517 . Today we bring you updates from the warzone as Ukraine takes ground in the south and the east, analyse yesterday’s leaked German intelligence report on the Ukrainian offensive, and David Knowles speaks to economics reporter Melissa Lawford on the warning signs appearing around the Russian economy. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twit...
Jul 26, 2023•51 min
Day 516. Today, we bring you the latest updates from the frontlines, ask why the West has been slow in arming Kyiv, and speak to the Telegraph’s Defence Editor, Danielle Sheridan, after a tumultuous few weeks on the Defence beat in the UK. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander & Telegraph columnist). @HamishDBG on Twitter. Danielle Sheridan (Defence...
Jul 25, 2023•58 min
Day 515. Today, we bring you updates from the frontline as Russia bombards Odesa, analyse the arrival of the Wagner group in Belarus and speak to Dr Sasha Dovzhyk, special projects curator at the Ukrainian Institute and associate lecturer in Ukrainian at the UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies, on her work and return to Ukraine. Plus we hear from Oksana Lebedeva, founder and CEO of non-governmental organization Gen.Ukrainian, who aims to help Ukrainian children who have suffered t...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Day 512. Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, analyse the reported arrest of Igor Girkin in Russia, and speak to friend of the podcast John Spencer - Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute - about his recent research trip to Ukraine. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter. John Spencer (Chair of...
Jul 21, 2023•41 min
Day 511. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, analyse the Wagner group’s presence in Belarus as they conduct training operations close to the Polish border, and discuss a Telegraph investigation into the elderly and vulnerable Ukrainians left in agony after being taken into Russian territory. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Louis Emmanuel (Deputy Foreign Editor). @louisjemanuel on ...
Jul 20, 2023•37 min
Day 510. Today, we bring you news from across Ukraine, talk Ukrainian politics with Professor Olga Onuch and, continuing our week of stories focusing on the abduction of Ukrainian children, David interviews The Telegraph's Russia correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva about Russia’s ombudswoman for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter, Putin’s ‘child-snatcher’ and the myst...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Day 509. Today, we bring you news from across the front lines, report on how Russia brainwashing Ukrainian children & try and evaluate the Ukrainian counter offensive. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Sophia Yan (China Correspondent). @sophia_yan on Twitter. Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. Verity Bowman (Journalist). @VerityBowman on Twitter. With thanks to Liza Kars...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Day 508. Today, we discuss the attack on the Kerch bridge, bring you updates from the counter-offensive & introduce a series of stories from the Telegraph on Ukraine’s missing children. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter. Gareth Corfield (Senior Technology Reporter). @GazTheJourno on Twitter. Louis Emmanuel (Deputy Foreign Editor). @louisjemanuel on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Corresponden...
Jul 17, 2023•47 min
Day 505. Today, bring you latest updates from the warzone, analyse the sacking of Major General Ivan Popov, and discuss morale and casualty rates in Russian forces during the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander & Telegraph columnist). The investigation by T...
Jul 14, 2023•41 min
Day 504. Today, further to updates from the NATO summit and the front lines, we turn to Wimbledon minutes before Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina starts her semi-final match. Plus, we talk to Foreign Correspondent Colin Freeman about his recent reporting from Ukraine and welcome BBC Correspondent and Author Andrew Harding to discuss his new book ‘A Small, Stubborn Town’ on a crucial battle in the early weeks of the full scale invasion. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitte...
Jul 13, 2023•55 min
Day 503. Today, we bring you news from NATO’s summit in Lithuania, look in more detail at the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south and around Bakhmut; and David speaks to an American listener who hosted a Ukrainian family for many months last year. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Tony Diver (Whitehall Editor). @Tony_Diver on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant Find ou...
Jul 12, 2023•56 min
Day 502. Today, we bring you news from the front lines as fighting continues around Bakhmut. Plus, we’re live in Vilnius with the latest updates from NATO’s summit. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest ...
Jul 11, 2023•43 min
Day 501. Today, we bring you updates from the front lines as Ukraine advances on Bakhmut, American President Joe Biden visits London, and western allies of Ukraine disagree over the supply of cluster munitions. Plus, we interview Sir Michael Fallon, the British Defence Secretary 2014-17, reflecting on his memories of the annexation of Crimea. We are coming to the United States in September. For more information, listen to Friday's episode from 31:30: https://shorturl.at/bnUW7 Contributors: David...
Jul 10, 2023•49 min
Day 498. Today, we bring you news from Ukraine as the US considers supplying cluster munitions and Zelensky meets European leaders ahead of next week’s NATO summit. Plus, we reveal upcoming plans for the podcast. To contact us on this, please email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. With a retrospect...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Day 497. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefield, analyse Yevgeny Prigozhin’s shock return to Russia and look ahead to the vital NATO summit in Lithuania. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russian Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter. Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegrap...
Jul 06, 2023•35 min
Day 496. Today, we bring you updates from the front line, analyse Ukraine’s warning that Russia may have placed explosives on the roof of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, and discuss the contest to replace Jens Stoltenberg as head of NATO. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander &...
Jul 05, 2023•49 min
