Ukraine: The Latest

Day 574. Today, we discuss the mysterious death of British volunteers in Ukraine and explore allegations of systematic torture. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Colin Freeman (Foreign Reporter). @colinfreeman99 on Twitter. Alice J Edwards (UN Special Rapporteur Torture) @DrAliceJEdwards on Twitter. Read Death and disappearance of British volunteers in Ukraine exposes rivalry in foreign legion, by Colin Freeman: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/14/british-soldiers-ukraine-dead-missing-rivals-foreign-legion/ Read British volunteer feared murdered in Ukraine as body is found, by Colin Freeman: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/16/body-found-missing-british-ukraine-war-fighter-daniel-burke/ Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 573. Today we bring you updates from the battlefront, analyse events this week in New York at the UN and discuss quite why Ukraine has asked Germany not to send any more tanks. Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Regiment Commander & Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on Twitter. With thanks to Brigadier General John Reim and Chris Grassano from Picatinny Arsenal. Watch Inside the US munitions facility supplying Ukraine: https://youtu.be/B32M4gNq8P4 Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 572. Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, hear more live from the UN, and analyse what’s happening in Nagorno-Karabakh. Plus, David speaks to Joe Webster of the Atlantic Council about ball bearings and tanks… Contributors: Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. James Kilner (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.  With thanks to Joe Webster, Senior Fellow specialising in China and Russia at the Atlantic Council. @Joe_Webster_CRR on Twitter. Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 572. Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, discuss the use of decoys by Ukrainian forces & we interview Karolina Hird from the Institute for the Study of War. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter.  With thanks to Karolina Hird, Russia Deputy Team Lead and Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. @KarolinaAHird on Twitter. Read 'We know West can give us more weapons, says Ukraine’s spy chief', by Joe Barnes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/18/western-allies-are-not-running-out-of-weapons-says-ukraine/ Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 571. Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront, discuss the state of Ukrainian football in the full scale invasion. Plus Dom Nicholls interviews friend of the podcast John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare studies at the Modern War Institute, about hope in war. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter. With thanks to: Romann Tymotsko @KarpatyLvivFC on Twitter Andrew Todos from Zorya Londonsk, Ukrainian football expert. @zoryalondonsk on Twitter. Jez Myers @jezmyers on Twitter. John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute. @SpencerGuard on Twitter. Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, we bring you a special installment recorded at the British Embassy in Washington DC. You can watch the podcast recording here: https://youtu.be/3ADDWhkEJ6Q Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Our guests: Dr Kimberly Kagan, the president of the Institute for the Study of War. @TheStudyofWar on Twitter. Eliot Cohen, a political scientist and former advisor to Condoleeza Rice. @EliotACohen on Twitter. With special thanks to the British Embassy in Washington for hosting us. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 568. Today, we bring you updates from the battlefront. Plus, Dom Nicholls interviews White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, and David Knowles speaks to Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank, Roman Kachur. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Valerie Browne (Senior Video News Producer). @valeriebrowne on Twitter. With thanks to: John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesman. Roman Kachur, Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank. @WorldBank on Twitter. Watch 'Putin raises kidnapped Ukrainian children to fight in future Russian wars' | Life on the frontline: https://youtu.be/8qT2EzXbh3Y Watch Biden to call for UN Security Council expansion | John Kirby Exclusive: https://youtu.be/Q9kUIDuNJWs Watch the Ukraine: the latest team's live recording at the British Embassy in Washington DC: https://youtu.be/3ADDWhkEJ6Q Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 567. Today, we bring you the latest from the frontlines in Ukraine, analyse political and diplomatic developments from around the world, and Francis Dearnley sits down with Senator Mitt Romney for an exclusive interview - the first since Romney announced he will not seek re-election. Watch the full interview with Senator Mitt Romney here: https://youtu.be/Ptl8qlsvf3s Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Telegraph commentator). @HamishDBG on Twitter. With thanks to: Olga Sidorushkina, the Ukrainian Institute London’s Film Festival Fellow. @Ukr_Institute on Twitter. Senator Mitt Romney. @MittRomney and @SenatorRomney on Twitter. Find out more about the Ukrainian Film Festival 2023: https://ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/ukrainian-film-festival-2023side-by-side/ Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 566. Today, we bring the latest updates from Ukraine and discuss the meeting between Vladimir Putin & Kim Jong-un. Plus, the team speaks to Senior Analyst and the Russia Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, Mason Clark. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter. With thanks to Mason Clark at the Institute for the Study of War. @TheStudyofWar on Twitter. Read Paranoid Putin ‘uses bodyguard to operate his washing machine’, by James Kilner: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/12/vladimir-putin-dacha-paranoid-armed-divers-olivye/ Read Russia erects new statue honouring brutal Soviet spy chief, by James Kilner: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/12/russia-statue-brutal-soviet-spy-chief-removed-cold-war/ Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 565. Today, we report on the latest updates from the front lines and discuss Kim Jong-un's visit to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin. Plus, in the first of the interviews from our trip to the United States, Dom Nicholls heads to the Boulder Crest Foundation, a veterans and first responders rehabilitation and wellness organisation. There he speaks to Josh Goldberg from the foundation, and Olena Bidovanets, a mental health practitioner from Ukraine, about mental health, stress and resilience, both for individuals in war and society at large. Contributors David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. With thanks to Josh Goldberg and Olena Bidovanets at the Boulder Crest Foundation. Read Russia expands military bases along Finland border, by Joe Barnes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/11/russia-expands-military-bases-along-finland-border/ Read Russia fired missiles at civilian cargo ship in Odesa as focus of Black Sea attacks shifts, by Joe Barnes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/11/russia-missiles-odesa-black-sea-ukraine-putin/ Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 564. Today, the team call in from Washington DC, Colorado, London, and Kyiv, bringing you the latest updates from the battlefront, analysing Russia’s local elections and - later - lessons from the air war in Ukraine with figures from the US military. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter. With thanks to: Dr Tony Tingle, Programme Director of the Institute for Future Conflict at the US Air Force Academy Retired US Air Force Brigadier David Stillwell Find out more: Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 562: Bonus. General David Petraeus is one of America’s most famous soldiers in the modern era, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan before a year in charge of the CIA. The Telegraph’s Ukraine: The Latest podcast team interviewed Patraeus about his views on the war in Ukraine. He spoke about the Ukrainian counter-offensive, arms deliveries, western support, what the invasion means for the future of warfare and how western foreign policy has changed in the shadow of Iraq. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 561. Today, we bring you updates from the front lines, analyse the continuing strikes on Ukrainian ports in the region south-west of Odesa, and hear from our Senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant who’s on the ground in Ukraine. Watch "Kidnappings and ghost towns on China’s Belt and Road: 10 years of Xi Jinping’s masterplan" here or paste the link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkhNnsvhyPY Watch Francis' video episode of Defence in Depth on 'Putin's Top 3 Lies: from WWII to modern Ukraine': https://youtu.be/_mdvqJy-zVk?si=Ky8-NpSdhD6bDMhG Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Jack Leather (Investigative Reporter & Senior Video News Producer). @jleather on Twitter. Sophia Yan (China Correspondent). @sophia_yan on Twitter. Arthur Scott-Geddes (Weekend Foreign Editor). @ascottgeddes on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @JKJourno on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 560. Today, we bring you updates from the front lines, analyse the continuing strikes on Ukrainian ports in the region south-west of Odesa, and hear from our senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant who was on the ground in Izmail, Ukraine. Francis' video episode of Defence in Depth on 'Putin's Top 3 Lies: from WWII to modern Ukraine' can be found here: https://youtu.be/_mdvqJy-zVk?si=Ky8-NpSdhD6bDMhG Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 559. Today, we analyse updates from the front lines, bring you the latest diplomatic news around the world and discuss Ukraine gets tough on medical exemptions from military duty. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk You can vote for Ukraine: the Latest in the 'Listener's Choice' category of this year's British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 558. Today, Russian forces score a hit on a British Challenger 2 tank, we analyse leaked reports that Kim Jong-un may travel to Russia and Roland Oliphant is on the ground in Odesa. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter. Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter. Nicola Smith (Asia Correspondent). @niccijsmith on Twitter. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Telegraph commentator). @HamishDBG on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk You can vote for Ukraine: the Latest in the 'Listener's Choice' category of this year's British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 557. Today, we bring you the latest news from the frontlines, discuss the sacking of Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and we analyse the recent Ukrainian assault on the village of Verbove. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @JKJourno on Twitter. Aliona Hvlicvo (Managing Director at The Henry Jackson Society). @aliona_hlivco on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk You can vote for Ukraine: the Latest in the 'Listener's Choice' category of this year's British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 554. Today, we bring you the latest news from the battlefront, discuss the announcement that BAE systems will ​​explore local manufacturing and direct deals with the Ukrainian army, and we analyse tank warfare and some surprising statistics in the full-scale invasion. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Howard Mustoe (Industry Editor). @MustReadMustoe on Twitter. Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank Commander and Telegraph commentator). @HamishDBG on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk You can vote for Ukraine: the Latest in the 'Listener's Choice' category of this year's British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 553. Today, we bring you the latest news from the frontlines, discuss the appointment of Grant Shapps as the new British Defence Secretary & analyse Ukrainian drone warfare. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on Twitter. Genevieve Holl-Allen (Politics Reporter). @genevieve_holl on Twitter. Marcel Plichta (Former analyst at the U.S. Department of Defence) @plichta_marcel on Twitter. Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk You can vote for Ukraine: the Latest in the 'Listener's Choice' category of this year's British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Day 552. Today, we bring you the latest news from the frontlines, analyse the impact of drone strikes on Russia and ask why the British Foreign Secretary is heading to China. Contributors: David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter. Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter. Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter. Read Russia hit by largest drone attack of the war as military assets targeted, by Nataliya Vasilyeva: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/30/ukraine-largest-drone-attack-russia-military-assets-hit/ Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk You can vote for Ukraine: the Latest in the 'Listener's Choice' category of this year's British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.