Putin 'unleashes hell' with huge ballistic missiles strikes on Ukraine
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,085.
Please note: today's episode was recorded hours before the phone call between President Trump and President Putin. This will be covered in detail in tomorrow's episode.
Today, we report on the ballistic missiles that fell on Kyiv and other cities overnight, consider the American and Ukrainian approaches to forthcoming talks, and hear from a range of experts on the pivotal issues of the moment ahead of the Munich Security Conference.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Ben Barry (Senior Fellow for Land Warfare).
With thanks to our guests Meia Nouwens and Fenella McGerty.
Content Referenced:
Peace talks with Russia at risk after strike on Kyiv injures four (The Telegraph):
Putin’s Ukraine: The End of War and the Price of Russian Occupation (Foreign Affairs):
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/putins-ukraine
The New American Imperialism (Francis Fukayami in Persuasion):
https://www.persuasion.community/
Zelensky: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine’s security without America (The Guardian):
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Francis Dernley, and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:05.0 | Today, we report on the ballistic missiles that fell on Kyiv and other cities overnight. |
| 0:10.0 | Consider the divergent American and Ukrainian approaches to forthcoming talks |
| 0:15.0 | and hear from a range of experts on the pivotal issues of the moment. |
| 0:20.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:29.6 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:34.5 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:35.7 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:40.7 | We can't, as a European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:45.1 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:47.1 | We're strong. |
| 0:48.3 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:49.4 | It's Wednesday, the 12th of February, two years and 348 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:57.8 | And today, I'm joined by our associate editor for defence, Dominic Nichols. |
| 1:02.1 | He's dialing in from the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, |
| 1:05.5 | where he's joined by Senior Fellow for Land Warfare Ben Barry, |
| 1:09.1 | Senior Fellow for Chinese Security and Defence Policy, Maya Noan, and Senior Fellow for Land Warfare Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Chinese Security and Defence Policy, |
| 1:12.1 | Maya Noan, and Senior Fellow for Defence Economics, Fenella McGurty. |
| 1:17.1 | First, though, over to Dom for the latest from the battlefronts. |
| 1:22.4 | So there's been major bombardments across Ukraine in the last 24 hours. |
| 1:26.9 | Kiev, as well as many other major cities, hit. |
| 1:30.0 | Russian attacks have killed at least one in just 16. |
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