Day 892. Today, Russia advances further in Donbas as Ukrainian civilians leave the towns in their path, we continue our analysis of yesterday’s prisoner exchange and we discuss the realities of Russian occupation. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X. With thanks to Julia Friedrich (Research Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute). @ja_frie...
Aug 02, 2024•55 min
Day 891. Today, we report on the imminent massive prisoner exchange between the West and Russia with prominent names like Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich expected to be released. And we continue our conversation with Researcher and Author Nicole Grajewski, on the relationship between Russia and Iran. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X. James K...
Aug 01, 2024•47 min
Day 890. Today, Ukraine repels one of the wars largest drone attacks, we look at the new generation of Russian attack drones & we interview researcher and author Nicole Grajewski on the relationship between Russia and Iran. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. Nicole Grajewski (Researcher and Author). @NicoleGrajewski on X. Articles Referenced: Ru...
Jul 31, 2024•46 min
Day 889 Today, we bring you updates from the front lines, the latest news from the diplomatic scene and we speak to the Kyiv Independent’s Business Editor Lilianne Bivings about Ukraine’s economic climate and the numerous pressures on businesses across the country. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Liliane Bivings (Business Editor, Kyiv Independent). @LilianeBivings Articles Referenced: Ukraine militar...
Jul 30, 2024•36 min
Day 888 Today, Ukraine strikes a Russian strategic supersonic bomber parked at an airfield in Russia’s Arctic, The Wagner Group suffer a humiliating defeat in Mali, we assess Russia’s Summer offensive and we tell the story of the city of Odesa during the full scale invasion. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X. Roland Oliphant(Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X. With thanks to Ben Farmer (Fo...
Jul 29, 2024•43 min
Day 885 Today, we bring you the latest news as Ukrainian troops weather further attacks across the front, Ukrainian claims an Atacms strike on an airbase in occupied Crimea and we examine how Ukraine is decentralising its energy infrastructure in the wake of punishing Russia strikes. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. JamesRothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X. Hamish De ...
Jul 26, 2024•47 min
Day 884. Today, a new mechanised push is repelled in Donbas, Ukraine claims to have pushed the last Russian ship out of the sea of Azov, and we hear about the controversy surrounding Russian and Belarusian athletes due to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics under a neutral flag. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Wayne Jordash KC, (President of Globa...
Jul 25, 2024•52 min
Day 883. Today, we bring you updates from Ukraine where Russia is pushing forward in Donbas, we analyse the latest news from China where Ukraine’s Foreign Minister has said Ukraine is ready for talks with Russia if Moscow is prepared to negotiate in good faith and we speak to Mathieu Boulegue on his co-authored new research for Chatham house into the state of the Russian military. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDe...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Day 882. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss Valery Zaluzhny’s first remarks as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and we speak to author and researcher Hana Josticova on her work documenting the experiences of the people of Mariupol before the full-scale invasion. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X....
Jul 23, 2024•57 min
Day 881. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine as Russian forces advance on Pokrovsk, we analyse what Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race may mean for US foreign policy on Ukraine and we look into spy-hunting in Germany. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X. James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERo...
Jul 22, 2024•58 min
This episode is available now to Telegraph subscribers and will be available to everyone on the 17th July. In the first of The Telegraph's special podcasts on the war in Ukraine. Presenter David Knowles and Producer Adélie Pojzman-Pontay travel to Bucha and Hostomel, north of Kyiv, to hear the stories of citizens who survived Russia's brutal occupation in Spring 2022. In Hostomel they meet Roman, a young Ukrainian man who fled his new apartment as Russian forces advanced. When he returned ...
Jul 20, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Day 878. Today, off the back of the Blenheim summit we assess the breaking news that Britain has granted the use of Storm Shadows on Russian soil. Plus, we consider a new report as to why the Ukrainian counter-offensive failed, and the significance of a British soldier fighting for Moscow. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Aliona Hlivco (Political Scientist. Managing Director at Henry Jackson Society). @aliona_hlivco on X. Daniel Hardaker (Fre...
Jul 19, 2024•48 min
Day 877. Today, we look at the fighting around Krnky on the left bank of the Dnipro river, we’re live at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire where Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting European leaders and we discuss Russian so-called ‘meat assaults’ Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Iona Cleave (Foreign Breaking News Reporter). @iona_cleave on X. Verity Bowman (Foreign Reporter). @VerityBowman on X. Joe Barnes (Brus...
Jul 18, 2024•37 min
Day 876. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, hear about life in Kyiv through Ukraine’s record breaking heatwave, and look at the latest diplomatic news from Europe and the US. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Articles / Threads Referenced: Boris Johnson urges Trump to stand by Ukraine ( The Telegraph ) https://www.tel...
Jul 17, 2024•50 min
Day 875. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, discuss Trump’s nominee for Vice President - controversial Ohio senator JD Vance - and look at how the EU is reacting to the maverick diplomacy of Hungary’s Victor Orban. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Cara McGoogan (Narrative Audio Journalist).@cjmcgoogan on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. Subscribe to The Tele...
Jul 16, 2024•47 min
Day 874. Today, we analyse the heavy fighting around Toretsk and New York as Russian forces push forward, bring you political and diplomatic updates from around the world, and speak to War Crimes Reporter Olesia Bida from the Kyiv Independent about her documentary ‘He Came Back.’ Just a note from us that this episode contains discussion of extreme sexual violence and cruelty. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls ...
Jul 15, 2024•46 min
Day 871. Today, we report from a historic and potentially presidency-ending NATO summit, bring you the latest news from Ukraine and Defence editor Danielle Sheridan has an exclusive interview with First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. James Rot...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Day 870. Today, we bring you news from the NATO summit, hear an eyewitness account of the Russian strike on the Kyiv maternity clinic, ask an expert how they identify Russian missiles, and discuss attempts to ‘Trump-proof’ NATO. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X. Tony Diver (US Editor). @Tony_Diver on X. Jake Godin (Senior Re...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Day 869. Today, we’re live on the ground in Washington D.C for Nato’s historic summit in the American capital. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. Articles Referenced - Nato Summit Live Blog ( The Telegraph ): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/10/russia-ukraine-...
Jul 10, 2024•39 min
Day 868. Today, we bring you news from Ukraine, discuss the visit to Moscow of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and we catch up with a listener’s efforts to fundraise for a bus for Ukrainian children. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Articles Referenced: 'Ukraine war is Europe’s problem, Trump ally tells Labour' (Colby int...
Jul 09, 2024•43 min
Day 867. Today, in the largest attack on the capital city for many months, Russia bombs a Children’s hospital in Kyiv. We discuss the horrific attack. Elsewhere we analyse Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban’s diplomatic efforts in Kyiv and Moscow and we examine Russia’s hybrid war in Germany. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X. Joe Barnes...
Jul 08, 2024•48 min
Day 864. Today, we bring you news from Ukraine, analyse Victor Orban’s diplomatic visits to Kyiv and Moscow, and we talk about the long term impacts of the war on Ukraine’s animal population. Plus, immediate reaction to the general election result in the UK, which is elected a new Prime Minister. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. James&n...
Jul 05, 2024•48 min
Day 863. Today, we bring you news from the front lines as Ukrainian troops withdraw from a key district of Chasiv Yar. Plus, the latest diplomatic and political news as President Zelensky challenges Donald Trump to explain his peace plan. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Bonus Episodes : Telegraph subscribers can unlock these bonu...
Jul 04, 2024•29 min
Day 862. Today, we bring you news from the front lines as Russia seems to make gains in the Donbas. And we speak to our Brussels Correspondent about the intense diplomacy between Ukraine and Nato. Contributors: David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. Articles Referenced: Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph ) https...
Jul 03, 2024•45 min
Day 861. Today, as well as diplomatic and battlefield updates, we look at the who, how, where and why of Ukrainian resistance movements behind Russian lines. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Dr Jade McGlynn (Research Fellow at The Department of War Studies at King's College London). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X. Articles/Reports Referenced: 'Crossing Thresholds: Ukrainian Resistance to Russian Occupation' (...
Jul 02, 2024•45 min
Day 860. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, look at how Russia has been blamed for jamming GPS signals on British military jets and ask quite why Belarus - a country hosting Russian nuclear missiles - is rattling the nuclear sabre once more. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host). @DomNicholls on X. Gareth Corfield (Transport Correspondent). @GazTheJourno on X. Ben Butcher (Data Editor). @bienbutcher on X. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander, Chemical and Biological Wea...
Jul 01, 2024•45 min
Day 857. Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine and have a special report from Francis Dearnley’s recent trip across Europe from the D-Day commemorations with the charity Ukraine Focus. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles22 on X Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Ukraine Focus (Ambulances): To learn more about their work, visit: https://ukrainefocus.org/ Or you can email: ...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Day 856. Today, we bring you updates from the battle front, analyse North Korea’s reported decision to send engineering and construction troops to Ukraine, discuss the Voldymyr Zelensky’s visit to Brussels to sign a Security Pact with the European Union and we interview Dmytro Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company. Contributors: Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent, Host). @RolandOliphant on X James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwel...
Jun 27, 2024•54 min
Day 855. Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, analyse the appointment of former Dutch PM Mark Rutte as the new head of Nato, and discuss reports that the Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles on X Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X. Upcoming events: Chalke Valley ...
Jun 26, 2024•48 min
Day 854. Today, we bring you updates from Ukraine as Zelensky again changes his top team, we analyse a deadly fire at a Russian research institute and discuss the impact that trade from China is having on the Russian war effort. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles on X Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X. With thanks to Joe Webster, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC. @Joe_Web...
Jun 25, 2024•48 min
