{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/68078513948246d97c527850?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Air raid inferno ends Easter 'truce' & Trump hopes to end war 'this week'","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/1745335514284-ab8fb446-4312-4161-b852-52e0c690dc6a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Day 1,154.</strong></p><p>Today, we ask how meaningful the weekend’s so-called ‘Easter truce’ really was, look at the new American peace proposals put to Kyiv and its allies – which include major concessions both in territory and sovereignty – then reflect on the legacy of Pope Francis in relation to the war. Later, we hear about a new book investigating Russian spies who spent decades undercover: what does it teach us about modern spycraft?</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Contributors:</strong></p><p>Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.</p><p>Dominic&nbsp;Nicholls&nbsp;(Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X</p><p>Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.</p><p>Shaun Walker (Eastern Europe at the Guardian). @shaunwalker7 on X.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Content Referenced:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Special <em>Ukraine: The Latest</em> on Children:</p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-childhood-at-war/id1612424182?i=1000704331753\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-childhood-at-war/id1612424182?i=1000704331753</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Special <em>Ukraine: The Latest</em> with Dom’s Panel:</p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-how-the-west-fights-back/id1612424182?i=1000704022027\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-how-the-west-fights-back/id1612424182?i=1000704022027</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Shaun Walker’s book ‘The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West’:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Illegals-History-Moscows-Audacious-Program/dp/1788167775\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Illegals-History-Moscows-Audacious-Program/dp/1788167775</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Kremlin ‘satisfied’ with US proposal to ban Ukraine from Nato (<em>The Telegraph</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/21/kremlin-satisfied-with-us-proposal-to-ban-ukraine-from-nato/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/21/kremlin-satisfied-with-us-proposal-to-ban-ukraine-from-nato/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Kyiv Is On the Clock to Respond to Trump Plan to End Ukraine Conflict (<em>Wall Street Journal</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/kyiv-is-on-the-clock-to-respond-to-trump-plan-to-end-ukraine-conflict-f3538799\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/kyiv-is-on-the-clock-to-respond-to-trump-plan-to-end-ukraine-conflict-f3538799</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Trump Tower Moscow, Rare Earths and Geopolitical Perks: How the Kremlin Plans to Bait Trump Into a Grand Bargain (<em>The Moscow Times</em>):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/21/trump-tower-moscow-rare-earths-and-geopolitical-perks-how-the-kremlin-plans-to-bait-trump-into-a-grand-bargain-a88762\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/21/trump-tower-moscow-rare-earths-and-geopolitical-perks-how-the-kremlin-plans-to-bait-trump-into-a-grand-bargain-a88762</a></p><p><br></p><p>Ukraine's Catholics express hurt over late Pope's war stance (Reuters):</p><p><a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-catholics-express-hurt-over-late-popes-war-stance-2025-04-21/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-catholics-express-hurt-over-late-popes-war-stance-2025-04-21/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe: <a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest</a></p><p>Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}