Putin rejects ceasefire (again) in 'no breakthrough' phone call with Trump
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,119.
Today, following another historic call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, we bring you immediate reaction. Plus, we discuss the latest measures adopted by Europe to signal preparedness for war, and hear about the significance of major protests in the Balkans.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
David Blair (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator). @davidblairdt on X.
Ivana Stradner (Special Correspondent at the Kyiv Post). @ivanastradner on X.
Content Referenced:
Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:
Bundestag prepares to vote on historic borrowing package in key test for Merz (The Guardian):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/friedrich-merz-bundestag-vote-germany-borrowing-plan
Trump will make — or break — Europe’s Russia sanctions (POLITICO):
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-europe-russia-moscow-goods-energy-oil-latvia/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dom Nichols, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:06.0 | Today, following another historic call between President Trump and Putin, we bring you immediate reaction. |
| 0:12.4 | Plus, we discuss the latest measures adopted by Europe to signal preparedness for war |
| 0:17.3 | and hear about the significance of major protests in the Balkans. |
| 0:22.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:31.4 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:36.3 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:37.4 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:42.4 | We can't as a European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:46.9 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:48.9 | We're strong. |
| 0:50.2 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 0:52.7 | It's Tuesday, the 18th of March, three years and 23 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:59.3 | Today I'm joined by our executive editor for audio, Francis Dernley, and our chief foreign |
| 1:03.9 | affairs commentator David Blair, formerly a speechwriter in Number 10 Downing Street when |
| 1:09.0 | the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:13.3 | Later, you'll hear from Dr Ivana Stradner. |
| 1:18.8 | But let's start with our reaction to the breaking news about the call between Trump and Putin. |
| 1:26.3 | So the much-anticipated Trump-Putin phone call has just finished. |
| 1:29.2 | We're starting to get a read-out from it. |
| 1:34.5 | It sounds as if the headline is not a huge amount seemed to fill 90 minutes of conversation. |
| 1:38.3 | One of the first things we heard was the 175 prisoners of war |
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