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Ukraine: The Latest

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dominated world news since tanks, jets and troops first crossed Ukraine's borders in February 2022. Every weekday, the Telegraph's top journalists analyse the conflict from all angles.The team brings you updates on the war and is the most listened to, and award-winning, podcast on the conflict. The team considers military strategy, history, economics, the refugee crisis, Ukrainian culture, and daily life in Vladimir Putin's autocratic Russia and Volodymyr Zelensky's democratic Ukraine.On Ukraine: The Latest, the pre-eminent podcast for Ukraine updates, our correspondents on the ground talk to experts and civilians to cover every aspect of Russia's brutal invasion.Telegraph subscribers get early access to bonus episodes on Ukraine: The Latest and Battle Lines. You can subscribe within The Telegraph app, or tap on ‘Already a subscriber’ at the top of this page to log in to link your existing subscription. For more information, head to https://www.telegraph.co.uk/contact-us/telegraph-subscription-bonus-content-apple-podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Chaotic fighting in the Donbas & Norway's attitudes to its neighbour
'Surge' in executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war suggests it is ‘Russian policy’, prosecutor general says
Donbas city “now being flanked” by Russian forces
Kursk counter-offensive continues & new munitions funnelled to Ukraine from India
EU to lend Ukraine “billions” regardless of US
Russian counter-offensive tried to ‘bisect’ Ukrainian troops & US promises to do 'whatever necessary' for Kyiv
Wagner humiliated in Mali, Ukraine strikes a Russian bomber in the Arctic and evaluating Russia's Summer offensive
Return to Bucha: how a community rebuilds after a massacre
Don’t let Putin blackmail you, Zelensky warns allies & Ukraine launches major attack on Russian Black Sea bases
New air defences for Kyiv as Biden calls NATO “more powerful than ever” & Zelensky unsure of Trump support
Putin hugs India’s Modi on first Russia visit since Ukraine offensive & one listener's mission to help Ukrainian children
Estonia "seriously" discussing sending troops to Ukraine, Kyiv spy chief says Russians massing for fresh invasion & exclusive interview with German Ambassador
Ukraine warns of widespread power cuts after ‘massive’ Russian onslaught & how Putin’s gas empire crumbled
'Is a bad peace more dangerous than a difficult war for Ukraine?' - Q&A Special with the Ukraine: The Latest Team
Europe ‘cannot rely on US’ to help Kyiv & what happens to Ukraine's wounded soldiers
The Kremlin continues to strike Ukraine's energy infrastructure & a British volunteer visits Kharkiv
Russian ‘double-tap’ strike in Kharkiv & Nato now in ‘direct confrontation’ with Moscow
Blood, bandages and lost friends: Life as a Ukrainian front line medic
Russia uses deadly new ‘glide bombs’ to target civilians & Putin's war on nature
Fighting rages on the Russian border as pro-Kyiv rebels call for ‘immediate’ evacuation
Russia’s FSB security HQ hit by Ukrainians & Putin says peace talks are now ‘ridiculous’
Ukraine attacks Russia’s fuel depots & how drones are sinking the Black Sea fleet
Andrey Kurkov: ‘It’s time to stop being naive - Putin will not give up while he's alive’
“The ammunition situation is f*****”: Live from the new front line following the fall of Avdiivka
Kyiv 'blows up' Black Sea oil terminal & Russian nationalist Igor Girkin sent to a penal colony
Kyiv braces for renewed offensive near Kharkiv & Russia accused of firing North Korean missiles
Ukraine 'blows up Russian jet 1,000 miles behind enemy lines' & is the war really in stalemate?
Ukraine strikes back at occupied Crimea & Zelensky’s strategy for 2024
Massive missile and drone strikes across Ukraine while scandal sweeps Russia after Moscow 'nearly naked' party
'We will celebrate victory with the whole world'
Russia bombs maternity ward in biggest blitz of 2023
Sunny Days in Kramatorsk (Part II)
Sunny Days in Kramatorsk (part 2)
Sunny Days in Kramatorsk (Part I)
Sunny Days in Kramatorsk (part 1)
Ukraine fends off missile attack amid Putin's marathon phone-in & historic EU summit meets in Brussels
90% of Russian invasion force ‘dead or wounded’ & interview with frontline war photographer
Blocking Ukraine aid a 'Christmas present' for Putin, Lord Cameron tells US & how Russian spies tried to destroy British democracy
Live from the UAE as Putin greeted with fanfare despite international arrest warrant
Vladimir Putin's Russia: Past, present & future
Russia admits Ukraine has established foothold on river Dnipro & Zelensky says Moscow to pay 'heavy price for Avdiivka'
Prepare for Russian winter onslaught, Zelensky warns Ukrainians
Ukraine 'securing' new positions on Dnipro's left bank & the struggle to form a new Polish government
Ukraine strikes Russian shipyard, Russia bombs a museum & Zelenksy denies stalemate
Deep-dive: Retired American General on the war in Ukraine, strategy & the future of the full-scale invasion
Retired US General & Pentagon insider on Ukraine's strategy and lessons for future conflict
Russia 'relying on convict units for human wave attacks' & Israel adopting tank tactics from Ukraine
Record bomb drops on Kherson & bloody stories from Ukrainian medics saving lives at the front
Battle Lines: Israel-Gaza - Introducing our new podcast
'Unpunished evil grows': Russia may be implicated in Hamas attacks on Israel as new conflict dawns
Russia redeploys troops to hold back breakthrough & live reporting from Ukraine
Ukraine reaches 'final layer' of key Russian defensive line & Kim Jong Un plans to visit Russia leaked

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Ukraine's 'Iron General' Zaluzhny shares his reflections & Moscow's Special Forces Training Center chief 'gunned down in the street'
Ukrainian town resembles 'desert planet' after Russian assault & the view from frontline troops
Zelensky claims North Korea is sending troops to Russia
50,000 Russian troops had to be redeployed to Kursk, claims Kyiv & preserving culture in Ukraine
House-to-house fighting rages in Donetsk & exclusive interview with US Ambassador to Moscow during the invasion
What the failed Russian nuclear test tells us about Putin's missile forces
Russian missiles and drones ‘shot down in droves’ & military memories of WWII veterans
Zelensky signs shells at US ammunition factory & "critical" UN summit begins
Russia fails to break through in Kursk & assessing two years of economic warfare to cripple Moscow
Ukraine attack on Russian missile depot triggers mini earthquake & Moscow’s espionage war in the Arctic
New breakthrough in Kursk as Ukraine captures garrison town
Crunch talks in Washington over Storm Shadow missiles & UK diplomats expelled after engaging in ‘classic British espionage’
US-UK poised to permit firing British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia
Russia gets deadly new ballistic missiles from Iran & David Knowles, creator of Ukraine: The Latest, dies aged 32
Russia continues advances in Donbas, Ukraine digs trenches in Kursk & exclusive interview with Adam Kinzinger
Ukrainian forces descend on Belgorod in fresh attempt to break Russian border
Special: Ukraine has changed warfare forever - or has it?
Ukraine's daring attack into Russia continues to gain ground
Holding the Line: Inside Ukraine's defiant stand in Donbas & Zelensky welcomes F-16 fighter jets
Moscow says prisoner exchange not linked to Kyiv peace talks & Daily life under Russian occupation
Evan Gershkovich to be released in major prisoner swap & Russia & Iran’s partnership of defiance against the West (Pt. 2)
Ukraine repels one of the war's largest drone attacks & Russia & Iran’s partnership of defiance against the West (Pt. 1)
Ukraine launches ATACMS missile attack on Crimean airbase & sabotage concerns ahead of Paris Olympics
Ukraine repels massive Russian assault including tanks and motorbikes & controversy over athletes at Paris Olympics
Ukraine offers lessons for 21st century warfare, says former army chief Zaluzhny & Kamala Harris's views on Ukraine in spotlight
Russia advances in Donbas, Ukraine hits another oil refinery & hunting spies in Germany
UK signals go-ahead for Storm Shadows strikes inside Russia & Trump ‘to call Zelensky’
Putin fortifies palace against Ukrainian drone threat & Boris Johnson urges Trump to stand by Kyiv
Zelensky pleads for F-16s and Patriots & what does JD Vance believe about Ukraine?
Heatwave smothers Ukraine as heavy fighting continues in Donbas & investigating sexual crimes by Russian troops
Russia bombs a children's hospital in Kyiv & Putin's 'hybrid war' on Germany
Putin talks peace as he’s hit by more missiles
Putin 'grateful' for Xi's help to end the war & assassination attempt on 'pro-Kremlin' Slovak PM
Watching Russia's "sad" victory day parade & understanding Moscow's wartime influence on Ukraine and the West
Why Chasiv Yar is so important to Ukraine & analysing the battle for Donbas
Fall of key city Chasiv Yar only ‘a matter of time’ & Ukraine has right to use British weapons on Russian soil, says Cameron
Over 100 Russian soldiers killed in ATACMS strike & choking gas deployed in Ukraine, says US
Ukrainian drone blasts set Russian oil refinery ablaze & strategy, western aid and the war's future with Eliot Cohen
Ukraine withdraws Abrams tanks from front line amid barrage of drone attacks & deep-dive on ATACAMS
Revealed: US sent long-range missiles to Ukraine "in secret" & Jonah Goldberg's deep dive on Washington
Britain to send record military aid to Ukraine & the West looks to Central Asia as Russia retreats from Armenia
Zelensky praises US for standing up to “Russian evil” as Ukraine aid bill passes
Changing Russian tactics on the front lines & analysing Ukraine's mobilisation drive
Russia's intense aerial assault continues & interview with a Ukrainian military commander
Putin destroys power plant near Kyiv & how Ukraine set Putin's biggest economic asset on fire
UK Foreign Secretary visits Donald Trump & Russia battles a fuel crisis and flash floods
Drone attack risks 'major nuclear accident' & Russia carrying out illegal chemical assaults on Ukrainian soldiers
Ukraine launches ‘massive’ drone attack on Russian airfield & Putin's army ‘advances into crucial city’ in Donetsk
Ukraine will destroy Crimea bridge by July, official claims & NATO plans to “Trump-proof” Western support
Russia ‘loses 20 armoured vehicles’ as huge tank assault fails & how Ukraine retrieves the bodies of its fallen soldiers
Europe ‘must prepare for war’ & how Russia rebuilt its armies
'Pull Russia's poisonous teeth': exclusive interview with Zelensky's war cabinet chief on Hitler, Putin & recruits
Russia sacks top naval commander
'War doesn't have a gender': the evolving role of women in Ukraine's armed forces
Frontline attacks increase, Sweden joins NATO & interview with a war crimes investigator
Ukraine and Russia trade drone strikes, reporting from Kupyansk & understanding Kyiv's draft-dodgers
Ukraine ‘blows up’ Russian railway bridge & Germany spills British military secrets
Putin threatens nukes if the West sends troops to Ukraine & can Europe re-arm if America withdraws?
Russia captures town in battlefield ‘victory’ & how to open a new front in Putin’s propaganda war
France ‘won’t rule out’ sending troops to Ukraine & Russia threatens war with Nato
‘Russia must lose in Ukraine to stop World War III’ | 2 years on since the full scale invasion
Exclusive Interview with General Budanov, Ukraine's military spy chief
Alexei Navalny 'murdered' in prison & the Kremlin's occupation playbook in Ukraine
Fighting in Avdiikva is 'hell', says Ukraine military & how Kyiv is trying to fix its manpower problem
Ukraine sinks Russian Black Sea warship & the destruction of Mariupol laid bare
Ukraine sends in fresh forces to Avdiivka, Donald Trump attacks NATO & translating '20 Days in Mariupol'
Zelensky vows to 'retaliate' after 'massive' air strike on Ukraine & leaked intelligence suggests Russia paying billions for Iranian drones
Russian spies found working in Ukraine secret service & US funding for Kyiv in limbo as Republicans move against aid bill
Zelensky says ‘reset’ of top brass is incoming & Latvia boosts defence in face of Russian aggression
Putin forms new Africa mercenary group with same name as Nazis & Ukraine 'downs Russian Su-34 fighter jet'
Russia 'gives up' on encircling Avdiivka & interview with former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger
Russian military plane explodes on Ukrainian border & what Trump's success spells for Kyiv
Russia unleashes deadly barrage of missiles, Putin's liberal challenger gains momentum & tank tactics: decoded
Ukraine attacks Russia's oil infrastructure & Kyiv's economy after two years of war
Russian ship strike: dozens reportedly killed
Zelensky refuses request for 500,000 troops as Shoigu says Russia's army is 'most combat effective in world
Russia fires a ‘Killjoy’ hypersonic missile at Ukraine, Britain increases naval support & electoral fraud accusations in Serbia
Olaf Scholz's diplomatic 'masterstroke' puts Ukraine on path to EU membership & the future of cyber warfare
Zelensky confronts Orban ahead of crucial US visit & Russia advances across entire front
NATO 'has three years to prepare for Russian attack' & initiative shifts on the battlefield as winter hits
Ukrainian drones strike oil depot & officials warn US aid will run out 'by end of month'
Exclusive interview with Professor Timothy Snyder, historian
Putin won't 'make peace in Ukraine' before 2024 US election, live from a crucial NATO meeting & interview with Russia researcher Dr Jade McGlynn
Russia’s Black Sea fleet forced back by ‘storm of the century’ & suspected assassination attempt on wife of Ukraine's military spy chief
Ukrainian long-range strikes causing 'mass casualties' & rebuilding shattered communities in Eastern Ukraine
Tragedy & Hope: rebuilding shattered communities in Eastern Ukraine
20-country 'air shield' protecting Ukraine from bombardment hailed by Zelenksy & the realities of training Ukrainian troops for the front-lines
Zelensky fires top general and why does the EU continue to buy Russian gas?
Britain will back Ukraine for 'as long as it takes' says Cameron & Russia steps up attacks on Avdiivka
Moscow ramps up attacks & how Ukraine's treasures ended up in Russia's top musuems
40,000 Russian troops poised for major assault on Avdiivka & Ukrainian democracy, elections and unity
Zelensky rules out election, Russia strikes Ukraine with glide bombs & the ongoing fight against the Wagner group
Battle Lines: Israeli troops push deep into Gaza & investigating Hamas' property portfolio
Moscow suffers heavy losses in failed tank assault & what Ukraine needs to win with Dr Taras Kuzio
Ukraine's top general writes essay on how to break stalemate with Russia
Ukraine's counter-offensive, Russia's strengths and weaknesses & what Kyiv needs for victory
Russian losses 'pass 300,000' claims Kyiv & assessing the end of Ukraine's counter-offensive
Bonus: Putinism, memory politics, and the future of Russia
Putinism, memory politics, and the future of Russia
Battle Lines: Watching unedited footage of Hamas atrocities, on the ground in the West Bank, and China's wave of anti-semitism
Russia ‘executing disobedient soldiers’, says White House & interview with a helicopter pilot
Moscow attacks Kyiv with new kamikaze drone & the charity bringing joy to Ukrainian children in liberated territories
Ukraine ‘facing new onslaught’ in Donetsk & interview with a Tech CEO
Ukrainian troops cross the Dnipro & interview with an arms control expert
Ukraine says Russian assault on key eastern city is weakening & tracking foreign components in Russian weapons systems
Russia continues bloody assault on Avdiivka & Poland heads to the polls
Kyiv destroys Moscow's advanced T-90 tank & Brussels pledges F-16 fighter jets 'in 2025'
China rebukes Russia over last week's missile attack & live from Eastern Ukraine
Russian friendly fire shoots down £35m fighter jet & Zelensky nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Is Russia targeting underwater infrastructure? Plus analysis of "milbloggers"
Fresh Russian offensive 'unlikely' & exclusive interview with President of Malawi
Ukraine makes ‘tactical breakthrough’ & Kremlin says new US Abrams will 'burn'
Breakthrough in south as Russia blows up own HQ
Black Sea navy HQ on fire after Ukraine missile strike & UN official suggests "systematic torture" perpetrated by Russia
UN Security Council head slams Russian Ambassador and Ukraine tells Germany to stop sending tanks
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet “almost completely defenceless” & exclusive interview with Mitt Romney
Kim Jong-un visits Russia to meet with Putin, and how lessons on 'post-traumatic growth' can be applied in Ukraine
Ukrainian special forces retake drilling rigs near Crimea & live from the US Air Force Academy
Exclusive interview with General David Petraeus, Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Russia's Surovikin line begins to buckle & analysing shifting Chinese and Russian influence in Central Asia
Ukraine kills elite Russian troops travelling to key battle front

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Zelensky unveils 'victory plan' & interview with an attack drone commander
Pentagon announces ‘massive’ military aid package & reviewing Russian rockets with former NASA Astronaut Terry Virts
Exclusive interview with former Counselor of US State Department Eliot A. Cohen & Phillips O'Brien, Professor of Strategic Studies at St Andrews
Russia 'stopped in the east', claims top Ukraine general & Zelensky calls for long range missiles
Russian troops attack Pokrovsk ‘almost 60 times in one day’ as advance continues towards key Donbas town
Ukraine strikes more key Russian oil depots & deep-dive into Ukraine's top soldier, Oleksandr Syrsky
Russia attempts encirclement in Donetsk & Ukraine ‘ready for talks with Russia if in good faith’
Shock as Biden calls Zelensky "President Putin" at NATO summit & exclusive interview with Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska
‘Trump-proofing’ Nato & eyewitness recalls Russian missile strike on a Kyiv maternity clinic
Putin claims ‘no plans’ to capture Kharkiv & huge drone attack on Russian naval bases
Ukraine 'stabilises' front line, Russia claims it downed 10 ATACMS missiles & interview with Britain's Defence Secretary Grant Shapps
On the ground in Kharkiv as Russia pounds new front with glide bombs while infantry and armour clash on the border
Top general warns Ukraine’s front-line situation is ‘significantly’ worsening
Torture, survival & hope: a soldier's account of fighting for Ukraine & life in Russian captivity
Kremlin blames MI6 for Moscow terror attack & is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?
Putin moves to exploit Moscow terror attack & the "climate of fear" in Russian-occupied Ukraine
“This war is not in stalemate” - Drones sink Russia Black Sea patrol ship & the view from Australia
Exclusive Interview with Zelensky's top adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak
Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in war so far & reflections on reporting on the occupied territories
Russia ‘laying groundwork for violent subversion in European countries’ & EU targets nearly 200 entities with sanctions
Zelensky says Russia ‘taking advantage’ of Western aid delays & Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine found dead
Russia takes control in Avdiivka & Navalny’s body ‘hidden from relatives’
Russia ‘uses Zircon hypersonic missile for first time’ & US Senate passes Ukraine aid package
'Putin has become a caricature of himself’: Understanding Russia with Mark Galeotti
Putin sends 'revenge squads' into Crimea
Ukraine 'expands Dnipro bridgehead' & Russia launches major drone attack on Kyiv
Top secret US intelligence file on Putin disappears, Germany's war aims in Ukraine & tensions rise between Russia and Finland
Zelensky to make last-ditch plea for war funds in Washington & the realities of reporting from the front lines in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin's war against Russia: interview with Evgenia Kara-Murza
Hunting Russian submarines with former frigate commander, Tom Sharpe
Russian general blown up by landmine & Putin pays tribute to ‘farsighted statesman’ Henry Kissinger
Zelensky 'survived five assassination attempts' & Aliona Hlivco on participating in Euromaidan, 10 years on
Ukrainian forces bed in across the Dnipro & 2023 Magnitsky Prize winner Mykola Kuleba
Ukraine hails 'historic step' as EU takes Kyiv closer to membership & understanding a war time budget
Bonus: Judaism and Ukraine, the history and the role it plays in this war
Ukraine strikes Russian air defence in Crimea & exclusive interview with Rt. Major General Mick Ryan
Russian generals 'sacrificing own men' in eastern assault on Avdiivka & interview first Ukrainian-born Congresswoman
Ghost ships in the Black Sea & ATACMS missile strike fallout
Ukraine 'devastates' Russian airbases in alleged ATACMS strikes & Putin arrives in China
Russia suffers heavy losses in blitzkrieg failure & West repledges support to Ukraine
Russia withdraws Black Sea Fleet after Storm Shadow strikes
Ukraine 'attempts jet ski landing' on Crimea & interview with former deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump
Ukraine's drone army strikes 220 Russian targets in 'record' week & exclusive interview with Britain's new Defence Secretary
Slovakia election deals blow to western alliance & live from Ukraine, Manchester and Brussels
Is China exporting ball bearings to build Russian tanks? Plus live reaction to Zelensky's UN address
Live at the UN's General Assembly & Ukraine's spy chief says West can give more weapons
Russia reinforces southern front with elite paratroopers, Ukrainian football in the full-scale invasion & the value of 'hope' in wartime
A pivotal moment in Putin’s war: Ukraine: The Latest from Washington DC
Storm shadow missiles wreak havoc & interview with US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby
Russian submarine hit in Ukrainian missile strike on Black Sea fleet
Russia launches ‘massive’ drone strike ahead of Putin talks & Zelensky sacks Defence Minister

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