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F-16s down Russian drone in Romania & Ukrainian saboteurs derail trains, blow up Russian soldiers
Day 1,300.Today, we unpack what happened in Romania over the weekend, where a Russian drone flew into its airspace for almost an hour. And we look at the fall out responses from Nato & Europe since last week’s similar incursion in Poland. Meanwhile in Russia, Ukrainian saboteurs derailed two trains over the weekend. Finally, we discuss Russia’s economy and oil industry and zoom in on India and whether, as Trump put it a few weeks, it is indeed lost to ‘deepest, darkest China.’Contributors:Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Dia Chakravarty (Contributing Editor). @@DiaChakravarty on X.Content Referenced:Danish govt intends to disregard laws and regulations to build a Ukrainian weapons factory in Denmarkhttps://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/med-ny-magt-i-haanden-vil-regeringen-se-bort-fra-over-20-love-og-regler-bygge‘Opinion is shifting towards this idea,’ says Polish FM Sikorski on NATO closing the sky over western Ukrainehttps://kyivindependent.com/in-an-interview-in-kyiv-polish-fm-sikorski-reflects-on-russias-drone-attack-on-his-country-natos-response-and-the-shifting-alliance-with-ukraine/Putin's clash with Russia's top banker shows increasing disconnect over war economy, experts sayhttps://kyivindependent.com/putin-top-banker-clash-over-russias-technical-stagnation-as-war-costs-mount/SIGN UP TO THE NEW ‘UKRAINE: THE LATEST’ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/ Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW LANGUAGES:The Telegraph has launched translated versions of Ukraine: The Latest in Ukrainian and Russian, making its reporting accessible to audiences on both sides of the battle lines and across the wider region, including Central Asia and the Caucasus. Just search Україна: Останні Новини (Ukr) and Украина: Последние Новости (Ru) on your on your preferred podcast app to find them. Listen here: https://linktr.ee/ukrainethelatestSubscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How Trump's purges weaken the CIA & Russian ship on fire after drone hit
The original edit of this podcast episode stated that Europe was close to a trade deal with Russia. This was an error and should have said Europe was close to a deal with China. Thank you to those who flagged this mistake, we are happy to correct the record.Day 1,297.Today, we dive into Donald Trump’s campaign of revenge against CIA officials and into new and upcoming sanctions against Russia as pressure continues to mount following the drone incursion into the Polish airspace. And finally, we hear the second part of David Knowles’s work on the fight against corruption in Ukraine, recorded shortly before his death.Contributors:Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.With special thanks - as ever - to David Knowles (creator of 'Ukraine: The Latest').Content Referenced:Trump’s vengeance against CIA ‘is blinding US to Putin’s threat’https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/12/donald-trump-vengeance-cia-blinding-usa-threat-putin-russia/Part one of David Knowles’s interview on the fight against corruption in Ukraine: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/putin-launches-largest-air-attack-of-the-war/id1612424182?i=1000725540765Charities in David Knowles’s memory:KHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowlesBritish Heart Foundation fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowlesSIGN UP TO THE NEW ‘UKRAINE: THE LATEST’ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/ Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW LANGUAGES:The Telegraph has launched translated versions of Ukraine: The Latest in Ukrainian and Russian, making its reporting accessible to audiences on both sides of the battle lines and across the wider region, including Central Asia and the Caucasus. Just search Україна: Останні Новини (Ukr) and Украина: Последние Новости (Ru) on your on your preferred podcast app to find them. Listen here: https://linktr.ee/ukrainethelatestSubscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'Putin is testing us' says Healey & NATO determines drone incursion 'not an attack' on Poland
Day 1,296.Today, we continue to unpack NATO’s response to the incursion of 19 Russian drones into Polish airspace. We hear the latest news from the resistance in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, and we zoom in on the water crisis in Donetsk.Contributors:Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @barnes_joe on X.Dr. Jade McGlynn (War Studies Department of King's College). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.Content Referenced:Russian drones were ‘targeting Nato base in Poland’’, The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/11/russian-drones-targeting-nato-base-in-poland/Is Nato sliding towards war with Russia?, The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/nato-sliding-towards-war-with-russia/Print Army: https://drukarmy.org.ua/enSIGN UP TO THE NEW ‘UKRAINE: THE LATEST’ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/ Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.Subscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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NATO engages Russia for first time after drone attack on Poland
Day 1,295.Today, in a historic moment for Europe, NATO fighter jets shoot down Russian drones over Poland in the first ever direct engagement between the Western alliance and Moscow. We assess the global reaction and what it means, before asking how Vladimir Putin is manipulating the information space to conceal his crimes and shape opinion.Contributors:Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Peter Pomerantsev (Chief Editor and Co-founder of The Reckoning Project) @peterpomeranzev on X.Scott Martin (International Lawyer at Global Rights Compliance)Content Referenced:Nato engages Russia for first time (The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/nato-russia-drones-shot-down-poland-fighter-jets/ Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog on Poland Crisis:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-drones-poland-nato/ Manufacturing Impunity: Russian Information Operations in Ukraine — Russia’s Use of Information Alibis and How They Materially Contribute to the Planning, Execution and Cover-up of International Crimes (Global Rights Compliance, in collaboration with the leading advocacy organisation The Reckoning Project):https://globalrightscompliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Manufacturing-Impunity.pdf ‘NATO States Have Failed’ (Phillips O’Brien Substack):https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/nato-states-have-failed For the first time in 10 years, Ukraine and Poland exhumed and reburied the victims of the Volyn tragedy (Babel):https://babel.ua/en/texts/121230-for-the-first-time-in-10-years-ukraine-and-poland-exhumed-and-reburied-the-victims-of-the-volyn-tragedy-the-archaeologist-and-historian-says-this-is-a-breakthrough-in-the-relations-between-the-countriSIGN UP TO THE NEW ‘UKRAINE: THE LATEST’ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/ Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.Subscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Explosions put 3 Russian pipelines 'out of action' & headless corpse of Russian CEO discovered
Day 1,294.Today, as Ukraine strikes yet more oil and gas facilities deep inside Russia, we hear how Donald Trump has deported dozens of political refugees fleeing Vladimir Putin back to the country. Then we report how Putin’s present for General Gerasimov’s 70th birthday was a nice medal and an extension of his military service, plus we report on Monday’s defence forum in London where Dom interviewed Boris Johnson, who said the Coalition of the Willing should be deployed to Ukraine now.Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjzon on X.With thanks to War Child Chief Executive Helen Pattinson, and Labour MP Johanna Baxter.Content Referenced:War Child Report:https://www.warchild.org.uk/our-work/policies-and-reports/return-every-childKHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowlesBritish Heart Foundation fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowlesSIGN UP TO THE NEW ‘UKRAINE: THE LATEST’ WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:https://secure.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/ukraine/ Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW LANGUAGES:The Telegraph has launched translated versions of Ukraine: The Latest in Ukrainian and Russian, making its reporting accessible to audiences on both sides of the battle lines and across the wider region, including Central Asia and the Caucasus. Just search Україна: Останні Новини (Ukr) and Украина: Последние Новости (Ru) on your on your preferred podcast app to find them. Listen here: https://linktr.ee/ukrainethelatestSubscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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