Ukraine: The Latest Folgen

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). @JamesERothwell on X.Articles Referenced:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/20/cultural-asset-or-spy-hub-inside-the-russian-centre-germany/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/07/19/defence-secretary-suggests-ukraine-can-use-storm-shadow-mis/Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 after the liberation he discovered the disgusting ways the occupying troops had treated his home.Then, they travel to Bucha to see an old friend, Ihor Savchenko. Two years on from the occupation of Bucha, Ihor is helping his community piece their lives back together even though the war threatens to engulf him once again. We first met Ihor's daughter Katya in 2022 - listen to that episode here: https://shows.acast.com/ukraine-the-latest/episodes/658301371b4a0600176a40eeSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 (Freelance Journalist). @danielhardaker4 on X.Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on XArticles Referenced:War with China is closer than we think (Aliona Hlivco in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/19/war-with-china-is-closer-than-we-think/Putin is leading Russia into a demographic catastrophe (Francis Dearnley in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/15/putin-is-leading-russia-into-a-demographic-catastrophePreliminary Lessons from Ukraine’s Offensive Operations, 2022–23 (RUSI)https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/preliminary-lessons-ukraines-offensive-operations-2022-23From the front line of the battle to save Kharkiv (Svitlana Morenets in The Spectator)https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/from-the-front-line-of-the-battle-to-save-kharkiv/Russia’s vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out (The Economist)https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/16/russias-vast-stocks-of-soviet-era-weaponry-are-running-outEnglishman fighting in Ukraine says Kremlin recruiting English speakers (Daniel Hardaker in The Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/14/ben-stimson-english-speakers-in-russian-army-ukraine/Ursula Von der Leyen wins second term as EC president with European ‘air shield’ pledge (The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/18/ursula-von-der-leyen-wins-second-term-ec-president/Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.