Exclusive interview with Dmytro Kuleba - Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs 2020-2024
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,098.
Today, we talk about a Ukrainian attack in the Zaporizhia Oblast and more hits on Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery. We also discuss Keir Starmer’s announcement to increase defence spending, President Macron’s visit to Washington, and the possibility that France could use its nuclear deterrent force to help protect Europe. Later, we sit down with Dmytro Kuleba - the former Foreign Minister of Ukraine from 2020 to 2024 - for an exclusive interview.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to Dmitro Kuleba (former Foreign Minister of Ukraine from 2020 to 2024). @DmytroKuleba on X.
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Content Referenced:
France offers nuclear shield to Europe (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/24/france-to-offer-nuclear-shield-for-europe/
Exclusive interview with Boris Johnson (The Telegraph):
Without U.S. Aid, Ukraine Would Lose Some of Its Most Sophisticated Weapons (Wall Street Journal):
There is a way Europe can afford to step up for Ukraine - make Russia pay for it (The i):
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Adelae Pogman-Ponthei, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:07.6 | Today, we talk about a Ukrainian attack in the Zaporizia Oblast and more hits on Russia's |
| 0:12.7 | Ryazan oil refinery. We also discussed Kirstarman's announcement to increase defense spending, |
| 0:18.4 | French President Macron's visit to Washington, |
| 0:25.9 | and the possibility that France could use its nuclear deterrent force to help protect Europe. |
| 0:33.4 | Later, we sit down with Mitro Kuleba, the former foreign minister of Ukraine from 2020 to 2024, for an exclusive interview. |
| 0:36.2 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:45.2 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:50.0 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:51.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:56.3 | We can't as a European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:00.7 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:02.7 | We're strong. |
| 1:04.0 | We're Ukraine is. |
| 1:05.7 | It's Tuesday, the 25th of February. |
| 1:09.2 | Three years and one day since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:13.2 | I'm joined by my colleagues Dom Nichols, Associate Editor for Defense, |
| 1:17.0 | and Frances Durnley, Executive Editor for Audio. |
| 1:20.0 | As usual, let's start with you, Dom. |
| 1:21.9 | What are the military updates of the day? |
| 1:24.8 | Poland was forced to scramble fighter jets in the early hours of this morning after |
| 1:29.5 | Russian airstrikes targeting Western Ukraine threatened the NATO country's airspace. |
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