How nuclear-armed Ukraine could become ‘Europe’s Israel’ & assassinations in occupied territories 'accelerate'
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Please note: this episode was recorded before the extraordinary events at the White House on Friday afternoon.
Day 1,101.
Today, we return to Kursk, Russia, where fighting has intensified, consider the outcomes of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s vital visit to Washington, and hear the latest update on resistance in the occupied territories. Plus, we hear from Colin Freeman, who visits a former nuclear weapon facility in Ukraine.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Dr. Jade McGlynn (War Studies Department of King's College). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.
Colin Freeman (Foreign Correspondent). @ColinFreeman on X.
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Content Referenced:
Dutch NGO Protect Ukraine:
https://www.protectukraine.nl/
How a nuclear-armed Ukraine could become ‘Europe’s Israel’ (Colin in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/24/nuclear-armed-ukraine/
War robs Ukraine of its next generation (Colin in The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/22/ukraine-russia-war-zelensky-poets-culture-youth/
The town Russia couldn’t take (Adrian Blomfield in The Telegraph:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/russia-ukraine-casualties-2024-losses-toretsk/
Instagram and Facebook page to follow Songs for Ukraine events
https://www.instagram.com/songs_for_ukraine/?igsh=MTRwNHIzOHhrb3ZpNg%3D%3D#
Link to Southwark Cathedral's even page
https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/
https://tinyurl.com/SongsforUkraineSouthwark
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Please note, today's recording was made before President Zelensky and Donald Trump's extraordinary meeting and row at the White House. |
| 0:09.6 | Dom and I will be bringing you our reaction to that in a bonus episode, which will be out very shortly. |
| 0:18.5 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:23.0 | Today we return to Kursk, Russia, where fighting has intensified. |
| 0:27.4 | Consider the outcomes of British Prime Minister Kirstammer's vital visit to Washington |
| 0:31.3 | and hear the latest update on resistance in the occupied territories. |
| 0:36.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:45.3 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:50.2 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:51.4 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:56.4 | We can not, as a European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:00.8 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:02.8 | We're strong. |
| 1:04.1 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:05.8 | It's Friday, the 28th of February. |
| 1:08.9 | Three years and four days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:12.9 | And today I'm joined in London by our Associate Editor for Defence Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:17.5 | Dr Jade MacGlynn of King's College London, dialing in from Harkiv, |
| 1:21.6 | and freelance journalist Colin Freeman, who's just returned from his trip to Ukraine. |
| 1:27.4 | But first, over to Dom, for the latest |
| 1:30.0 | battlefield developments. |
| 1:32.3 | Well, thanks, Francis. Let's start up in Kursk Oblast. That seems to be quite an active area |
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