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
Day 495. Today, we bring you updates from the front line, Yevgeny Prigozhin breaks his silence, and we hear why Unilever, the food giant that prides itself on its “social purpose”, has been named “an international sponsor of war” by the Ukrainian government. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Daniel Woolfson (Senior Business Reporter). @WoolfsonExists on Twitter With thanks...
Jul 04, 2023•43 min
Day 494. Today, we bring you updates from the front line, discuss Russia’s demographic catastrophe and analyse reports of French armour in usage by the Ukrainian army. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Genevieve Holl-Allen (Foreign Correspondent). @genevieve_holl on Twitter. Szu Chan (Economics Editor). @szupingc on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukraine...
Jul 03, 2023•40 min
Day 491. Today, we analyse Ukraine’s ongoing counter offensive as Kyiv’s soldiers take more ground across the front line and discuss worrying updates from the ZNPP. Plus, David tours the Patron Pets Centre in Kyiv, where volunteers rescue and treat animals that survived the catastrophic floods in Kherson. Patron Pets Centre: https://patron.center/eng/home Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Dominic...
Jun 30, 2023•53 min
Day 490. Today, we bring you the latest updates from the front line including a dispatch from our Foreign Correspondent James Kilner on what’s next for Yevgeny Prigozhin and can he stay alive. We discuss whether a state can remain neutral in the face of Russia’s blatant disregard for international norms and ask a former tank unit commanding officer how could Ukraine breach Russia’s extensive obstacle belt. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence & Host). @DomNicholls on Twi...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Day 489. Today, we bring you the latest updates from the front line, including a dispatch from our Foreign Correspondent Colin Freeman on the ground in Kramatorsk following yesterday’s deadly strike. We also discuss the future of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Vladimir Putin after the leader of the Wagner group arrives in Belarus. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defen...
Jun 28, 2023•48 min
Day 488. Today, we analyse the latest statements from Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin & Alexander Lukashenko, discuss the continuing fallout from the Kakhovka dam explosion, and interview British volunteer Felicity Spector, who’s traveling across Ukraine working with the non-profit organisation, Bake for Ukraine. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Sam Lovett (Deputy Editor of Global Health S...
Jun 27, 2023•56 min
Day 487. Today, we analyse the fallout from the Wagner Groups aborted march on Moscow, bring you the latest from the front lines & Dom Nicholls interviews Alice Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Co...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Day 485. Today, as Wagner capture military installations in Russian cities and its armoured columns come under fire as they rumble towards Moscow - we have the latest updates and analysis as Yevgheny Prioghozin launches an unprecedented coup against the Kremlin. 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 Foreign...
Jun 24, 2023•53 min
Day 484. Today, we bring you updates from Ukraine’s continuing counter-offensive and David Knowles reflects on his 10-day reporting trip across Europe and Ukraine. Plus, we hear from Con Coughlin, The Telegraph's Defence Editor, on his new book, Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, and the impact of the Syrian Civil War on the war in Ukraine. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Maighna Nanu (Foreign Reporte...
Jun 23, 2023•57 min
Day 483. Today, we examine President Zelensky’s warning that Russia is considering carrying out a “terrorist” attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, report on a Ukrainian strike against a Crimean bridge, and hear from attendees at the Ukraine Recovery Conference. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host & Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Reporter). @RolandOliphan...
Jun 22, 2023•53 min
Day 482. Today, we report on the latest developments on the front lines – including news that a British Challenger 2 has been seen on the battlefield for the first time – and the fast-moving announcements coming out of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London. Plus, we talk again to the founder of Vans of Borders about their latest work in Ukraine, delivering aid and documenting life for civilians caught up in the violence. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host & Assistant Comment Editor). @...
Jun 21, 2023•52 min
Day 481. Today, we discuss the major drone assault on Ukraine overnight, discuss the battle to be the next NATO Secretary General, and speak to our usual host David Knowles from the ground in Lviv. Plus we’ll hear from Kremlin critic and author Bill Browder on Vladimir Kara-Murza’s continued incarceration in Russia. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host and Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. Maighna Nanu (Foreign Repor...
Jun 20, 2023•59 min
Day 480. Today, we monitor further Ukrainian advances across the frontlines, assess the highest-level trip by a US official to China since 2018, and speak again to the CEO of the HALO Trust about clearing landmines and the upcoming Ukraine Recovery conference. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host & Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. David Knowles (Reporting live from Ukraine). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter....
Jun 19, 2023•59 min
Day 477. Today, we hear the latest from the capital, talk to Colin Freeman on the frontlines, and touch on the long shadow of the Napoleonic Wars on European history. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host & Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. David Knowles (Reporting live from Ukraine). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Colin Freeman (Foreign Reporter). @ColinFreeman99 on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: tel...
Jun 16, 2023•49 min
Day 476. Today, we assess fast-moving developments from the battlefront, dive deeper into the perceptions and political impact of the counter-offensive, and catch up with our regular host David Knowles on his journey to Ukraine. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host & Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. David Knowles (Reporting live from Ukraine). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Aliona Hlivco (Former Ukrainian MP). @aliona_hlivco on Twitter. Maighna Nanu (Foreign Reporter). @Maig...
Jun 15, 2023•53 min
Day 475. Today, we hear about the latest Russian strikes across the country and Ukraine's continued counter-offensive, learn about an online service offering health advice to people outside the country, and former Tank Commander Hamish De Bretton-Gordon joins us for a deep dive. Contributors: Dom Nicholls (Host & Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. David Knowles (Reporting live from Europe). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnl...
Jun 14, 2023•51 min
