{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/6928aa1968e521ed8d6339dd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Inside Ukraine-Russia talks: Britain's Kissinger, Putin's enforcer and Trump's envoy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/1764272693850-0e12f9c7-49b6-4eaa-b1c8-1d6d34318260.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Donald Trump’s latest effort to end the war in Ukraine unleashed a week of diplomatic turmoil.</p><p><br></p><p>And some of the most dramatic diplomatic twists and turns bear the finger prints of one man: Jonathan Powell, the British national security advisor, not only led a diplomatic rescue mission to recast Donald Trump’s original Russian-inspired proposals in Ukraine and Europe’s favour. His influence can also be seen in Anglo-French plans for a “coalition of the willing,” and even earlier this year in Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan.</p><p><br></p><p>He is a low-profile figure who wields real influence. So can the man who some have called Britain’s Henry Kissinger guide the war in Ukraine to a peaceful and palatable conclusion? Is his philosophy of engagement suited to grappling with Putin’s Kremlin? And have the week’s acrobatics brought Ukraine and Russia any closer to peace?</p><p><br></p><p>David Blair, the Telegraph’s chief foreign affairs commentator, and Orysia Lutsevych, the head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House, joins Roland Oliphant on this edition of Battle Lines.</p><p><br></p><p>David Blair on Jonathan Powell:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/25/jonathan-powell-britains-kissinger-ukraine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/25/jonathan-powell-britains-kissinger-ukraine/</a></p><p><br></p><p>For blow-by-blow coverage of the peace talks, follow Ukraine the Latest:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/02/russia-ukraine-war-listen-daily-podcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/02/russia-ukraine-war-listen-daily-podcast/</a></p><p><br></p><p>► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://linktr.ee/BattleLines\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/BattleLines</a></p><p><br></p><p>Contact us with feedback or ideas:</p><p>battlelines@telegraph.co.uk&nbsp;</p><p>@venetiarainey</p><p>@RolandOliphant</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}