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Ukraine: The Latest

Explosion at Russian base accused of massacre & Denmark to send troops to Ukraine

Ukraine: The Latest

Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley

Vladimir Putin, Jets, Daily News, Guns, Army, Tanks, Documentary, Russians, History, Russia-ukraine Conflict, News, Ukraine, Society & Culture, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, War

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Day 1,148.

Today, as Ukraine targets the Russian units allegedly responsible for Sunday’s murderous attack on Sumy, we report how Donald Trump has backtracked on the amount of money he wants Ukraine to pay for US support in the war with Russia. Then we speak to our correspondent who has interviewed Ukrainian commanders about Russia’s spring offensive.


Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Verity Bowman (Foreign Correspondent). @VerityBowman on X.

Hamish De-Bretton Gordon (Former Tank Commander & Chemical Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on X.


Content Referenced:


Russia’s summer offensive ‘doomed to fail’ (Verity in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/11/russian-summer-offensive-doomed-to-fail-ukraine/


Unmasked: The Russian missile brigade slaughtering Ukrainian civilians (Colin Freeman in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/15/russian-missile-brigade-slaughtering-ukrainians/ 


EU to ban Serbia if president joins Putin’s victory parade (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/15/eu-ban-serbia-if-president-joins-putin-victory-parade/ 


German Leopard 2 tanks flop on battlefield in Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/14/german-leopard-tanks-vulnerable-drones-ukraine-artillery/ 


US Softens Minerals Deal (Bloomberg):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/us-softens-calls-for-ukraine-to-pay-back-aid-in-minerals-deal-talks 


Denmark to send unarmed soldiers to Ukraine for drone warfare training (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/denmark-to-send-unarmed-soldiers-to-ukraine-for-drone-warfare-training/


India offers cheap loans for arms, targeting Russia's traditional customers (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-offers-cheap-loans-arms-targeting-russias-traditional-customers-2025-04-16/


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Dom Nichols and this is Ukraine the latest.

0:04.0

Today, as Ukraine strikes back against the Russian units allegedly responsible for Sunday's murderous attack on Sumi,

0:11.0

we report how Denmark is to deploy troops into Ukraine to learn about the new age of drone warfare,

0:17.0

and we speak to our foreign reporter Verity Bowman about General Sersky's comments that Russia's spring offensive has already started.

0:25.1

bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.

0:34.1

It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II.

0:39.3

Absolutely fascinating.

0:40.5

We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years.

0:45.2

We don't know, as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine.

0:50.0

Nobody's going to break us.

0:52.0

We're strong.

0:53.2

Where Ukraine is. It's Wednesday, the 16th of April,

0:57.3

three years and 52 days since the full-scale invasion began. And today I'm joined by Telegraph's

1:03.0

executive editor for audio, Francis Dernley, foreign correspondent, Broitie Bowman, and former

1:08.4

tank unit commander and chemical and biological weapon expert,

1:12.1

Hamish de Bretton Gordon. I started with the latest from the battlefront in Russia.

1:17.9

Now in a breaking story, a report coming in over the last few hours that Ukrainian drones have

1:23.3

struck the Russian city of Shoya in Ivanovo Oblast earlier today, reportedly targeting military

1:30.0

infrastructure linked to Russia's 112th missile brigade. This comes from independent Russian media

1:36.7

outlet Astra, but other reports are flowing in as well. Now, the 112th brigade, along with the

1:42.1

48th missile brigade, were allegedly responsible,

1:46.4

the two of them were allegedly responsible for Sunday's missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumi,

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