Ukraine: The Latest Folgen

Day 1,078.Today, as British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives for talks in Kyiv we hear how a special tribunal to prosecute Russia’s leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine gets a step closer, and we hear from Finland’s Foreign Minister who says that sanctions against the Kremlin are working and ‘serious cracks’ are starting to appear in Russia’s economy.Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Memphis Barker (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @MemphisBarker on X.Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor, Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.With special thanks to our friends at PEN Ukraine. @PENUkraine on X.https://pen.org.ua/enContent Referenced:Journalist Tim White on destroyed boats near Khersonhttps://x.com/TWMCLtd/status/1887044034465517988David Lammy promises £55m in support for Ukraine on visit to war-torn countryhttps://news.sky.com/story/david-lammy-promises-55m-in-support-for-ukraine-on-visit-to-war-torn-country-13303301Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian FM calls Putin’s remarks on Zelensky’s legitimacy 'absurd'https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-fm-calls-putins-remarks-on-zelenskys-legitimacy-absurd/Episode from November 20th, where Francis Dearnley and Hanna Ustynova talk about David's memorial plaque in PEN Ukraine's offices and exhibition space, in Kyivhttps://shows.acast.com/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/episodes/673dd91593bec8617f2f26cf?Thread from PEN Ukraine's X account about David's memorialhttps://x.com/PenUkraine/status/1855248806217920530Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day 1,077.Today, we discuss the slashing of USAID and how Trump wants to access Ukraine’s rare minerals in exchange for military support, and we report on Russia having more losses over the last two months than at any other point since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Contributors:Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Narrative Podcast Producer). @adeliepjz on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor, Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.With special thanks to Asami Terajima (Reporter at The Kyiv Independent). @AsamiTerajima on X.Content Referenced:Battle Lines, our sister podcast, exploring wider global affairs:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trump-edition-americas-ai-war-with-china-what-his/id1712903296?i=1000687394662Trump wants Ukrainian rare earths deal in return for US military support (FT):https://www.ft.com/content/94efcd8a-93ce-4ca6-bd07-061bfed1fdbf?shareType=nongiftBiden administration slowed Ukraine arms shipments until his term was nearly done (Reuters):https://www.reuters.com/investigations/biden-administration-beset-by-doubts-slowed-ukraine-weapons-shipments-until-2025-02-03/Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article for Russia in Global Affairs magazine, “The UN Charter as the legal foundation of a multipolar world”:https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1994357/?lang=enSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day 1,076.Today, as Britain’s Prime Minister prepares to hold defence and security talks with EU leaders for the first time since Brexit, we report from the front line near Pokrovsk in the Donbas and, later, interview a West Point Professor who says negotiating with Moscow is a doomed enterprise.Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.Inna Varenytsia (Ukrainian Journalist). @InnaVarenytsia on X.Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor, Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.With special thanks to our guest Dr. Robert Person (Associate Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy at West Point). @RTPerson3Content Referenced:Battle Lines, our sister podcast, exploring wider global affairs:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trump-edition-americas-ai-war-with-china-what-his/id1712903296?i=1000687394662Why Ukraine Shouldn’t Negotiate with Putin (Dr Robert Person in Journal of Democracy):https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/why-ukraine-shouldnt-negotiate-with-putin/UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine press release:https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/Alarming-Rise-in-Executions-of-Captured-Ukrainian-Military-PersonnelSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.