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Ukraine: The Latest

Putin calls up 160,000 Russians for military service & what did Biden get wrong on 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

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Day 1,133.

Today, further to news from the battlefront and beyond, we look at Putin's decision to mobilise a record number of men, and what it means for the prospects of a meaningful ceasefire. Then, in a special interview, Francis Dearnley talks to one of the men involved in some of the most important decisions made by the Biden administration relating to the war. What did they get right, and what did they get wrong?



Contributors:

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

Ambassador Michael Carpenter (Former Senior Director for Europe of the The United States National Security Council). @mikercarpenter on X.



Content Referenced:


Putin drafts 160,000 men into Russian army despite peace talks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/31/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-ceasefire-deal-latest/ 


Ukraine says mineral talks still alive despite Trump anger (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/01/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-ceasefire-latest-news/


China depicts Taiwan’s president as cartoon parasite as military exercises begin (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/01/china-taiwan-president-cartoon-parasite-military-exercises/



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Transcript

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I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, further to news from the battlefront and beyond, we look at Putin's decision to mobilize a record number of men, and what that

0:55.7

means for the prospects of a meaningful ceasefire. Then, in a special interview, I talked to one

1:02.0

of the men involved in some of the most important decisions made by the Biden administration

1:06.1

during the war. Bravery takes you through the most

1:12.0

unimaginable hardships

1:14.6

to finally reward you with victory.

1:18.4

It's the worst carnage

1:20.3

that this world has seen since World War II.

1:23.3

Absolutely fascinating.

1:24.5

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

1:29.5

We can not, as a European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine.

1:33.9

Nobody's going to break us.

1:35.9

We're strong.

1:37.2

We're Ukraine is.

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