Ukraine: The Latest

Day 821.Today, we bring you updates from across Ukraine, discuss the potential death of Western democracy and we speak about the challenges and issues facing women in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.Contributors:David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.Francis Dearnley(Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on X.With thanks to ACE FD, Historian Dr Thomas Clausen and Karyn Gershon - Project Kesher CEO, and Vlada Nedak - CEO of Project Kesher Ukraine and the Women's Opportunity Fund of Ukraine.To learn more about "Project Kesher" and the Charitable Foundation "Women's Opportunity Fund", you can visit:http://www.projectkesher.org.ua/'What if Putin Wins?' Essay Series & Articles Referenced:For the next seven days The Telegraph is running a series of exclusive essays from prominent international commentators imagining the consequences if Russia were successful in its war. The first essays can be found below:'Europe's fascist future awaits' (Dr Thomas Clausen in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/30/europes-fascist-future-awaits-if-putin-wins-in-ukraine/'Putin’s plot to destroy Nato is reaching its devastating climax' (Aliona Hlivco in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/29/putin-plot-to-destroy-nato-reaching-its-climax/'If Putin wins, expect the worst genocide since the Holocaust' (Karolina Hird in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/31/europe-see-the-worst-genocide-since-holocaust/ Other articles referenced today are as follows:'Volodymyr Zelensky: Russian troops are laughing at and "hunting" Ukrainians' (The Guardian)https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/volodymyr-zelenskiy-russian-troops-have-been-laughing-at-and-hunting-ukrainians?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other‘He couldn’t wait to join’: thousands of young Russians die in Ukraine war (The Guardian)https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/thousands-of-russian-youth-die-in-ukraine-warSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 820.Today, we bring you the latest updates from across Ukraine, report live from the NATO meeting in Prague, discuss the implications of Vladimir Putin's reshuffle, and we speak to Ukrainian volunteer Dimko Zhlutenko on the ground in Lviv.Contributors:David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.Connect with Dimko Zhlutenko's charity:https://dzygaspaw.com/https://x.com/dzygaspaw'What if Putin Wins?' Essay SeriesFor the next seven days The Telegraph is running a series of exclusive essays from prominent international commentators imagining the consequences if Russia were successful in its war. The first two can be found below.  'Europe's fascist future awaits' (Dr Thomas Clausen in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/29/europes-fascist-future-awaits-if-putin-wins-in-ukraine/'Putin’s plot to destroy Nato is reaching its devastating climax' (Aliona Hlivco in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/29/putin-plot-to-destroy-nato-reaching-its-climax/Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 819.Today, we unpack an exclusive Telegraph investigation into how much property the Russian government holds in London. Plus, we hear again from former Ukrainian MP Aliona Hlivco.Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Aliona Hlivco (Former Ukrainian politician and Director of the Henry Jackson Society). @aliona_hlivco on X.Cameron Henderson (News Reporter). @CamHenderson98 on X.Essay / Article Referenced:'Putin’s plot to destroy Nato is reaching its devastating climax' (Aliona Hlivco in The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/29/putin-plot-to-destroy-nato-reaching-its-climax/All this week The Telegraph is running a series of exclusive essays from prominent international commentators imagining the consequences if Russia were successful in its war. The first, by Aliona Hlivco, considers the devastating impact for the Nato alliance.'The million pound London properties owned by Putin’s regime' (The Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/25/russia-putin-regime-london-property-portfolio-millions/Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 818.Today, we discuss the latest from Ukraine, and look at a number of diplomatic moves in Europe that may see Western trainers in Ukraine and Western weapons in Russia. Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 817.Today is a bank holiday in the United Kingdom, so we pre-recorded an interview with one of our most requested guests: Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman of the department of War Studies at King's College London. A world-renowned expert on international history and strategic theory, he is a well-known commentator on security issues, and the author of many books, including most recently: ‘Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine.’David Knowles sat down with him to discuss which country has the strategic initiative in the war, the ways the battlefront is likely to evolve over the coming months, and what experts have got right, and wrong, about the way the war has progressed.Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 814.Today, we discuss whether more Ukrainian strikes in Crimea and Russia have pushed Putin to start talking about negotiations, and hear of another senior Russian military official sacked, in what is starting to look like a purge of the top echelons of Russia’s defence establishment.Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.With thanks to Jen Stout (Freelance Journalist and author) @jm_stout on X.  Her new book 'Night train to Odesa' is out now:  https://birlinn.co.uk/product/night-train-to-odesa/Articles Referenced:'Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines' (Reuters)https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/'Ukraine starts sending convicts to fight Russia' (The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/23/ukraine-starts-sending-convicts-to-fight-russia/'Migrating eagles are avoiding war-torn Ukraine' (The Telegraph)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/20/greater-spotted-eagle-avoid-ukraine-russia-war/Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 813.Today, we discuss the latest from the Kharkiv battlefield, hear warnings from Norwegian intelligence of Russian sabotage operations across Europe, ask whether there’s about to be a shift in US policy over the use of western weapons inside Russia. Later, we hear about a new film exploring the soldiers road to redemption.Contributors:Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.Levison Wood (Former paratrooper turned writer, photographer and documentary film maker). @Levisonwood on X.Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 812.Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.Contributors:Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Chemical Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on X.Dalibor Rohac (Senior Fellow AEI) @DaliborRohac on X.'The villages near Kharkiv were recovering. Fleeing again, their people feel betrayed by the west – and I understand why' (Ada Wordsworth in The Guardian)https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/kharkiv-betrayed-west-ukraine-russia-war'A Theory of Victory for Ukraine' (Andriy Zagorodnyuk and Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs):https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/theory-victory-ukrainePutin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/'The EU is failing Georgia, just as it failed Ukraine' (Dalibor Rohac in The Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/21/the-eu-is-failing-georgia-just-as-it-failed-ukraine/'Exclusive: Pentagon's Russian Oil Red Line Questioned' (Newsweek)https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-russia-ukraine-drone-attacks-oil-hubs-red-line-1902516Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk

Day 811.Today, further to the fast-evolving situation on the front lines, we reflect on how Ukraine might win the war, the ‘theatrical’ nuclear weapons drills being carried out by Moscow, and look deeper on the political fault-lines of Central and Eastern Europe.Contributors:Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.James Kilner (Editor of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin). @jkjourno on X.With thanks to RAZOM'S Melinda Haring (@melindaharing), Ania Soloveiua (@AnnaSoloveiua), and Daniel Solchanyk (@DanielSolchanyk).To learn more about RAZOM's work, visit:https://www.razomforukraine.org/For their update on the Kharkiv humanitarian crisis, see:https://www.razomforukraine.org/kharkiv-under-siege-evacuations-resistance-and-the-plight-of-vovchansk-and-lyptsi/Articles Referenced:Putin targets German speakers in Russia in search for cannon fodder (Telegraph):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/putin-targets-germans-living-in-russia-in-search-for-troops/ Roland and Joe's In-Depth analysis of the Battle for Kharkiv (plus maps) -https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/16/russia-new-offensive-kharkiv-border-donbas-kyiv-ukraine/ Report on the Russian sanctuary created in Kharkiv (Institute for the Study of War):https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/putins-safe-space-defeating-russias-kharkiv-operation-requires-eliminating-russiasSubscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk