Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine as ceasefire talks stall & Western military chiefs in Kyiv ‘planning boots on the ground’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,136.
Today, as the heads of the French and British armed forces arrive in Kyiv for talks on what the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ might look like, we talk to the Chief Executive of the HALO Trust on how drone-mounted lasers are helping in the demining effort. Later, Francis Dearnley interviews the author of a new book that explores how Russia's War has not only destroyed millions of human lives, but has been catastrophic for the environment.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
James Cowan (CEO of HALO Trust). @TheHALOTrust on X.
With thanks to Darya Tsymbalyuk (Author and Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago). @DaryaTsymbalyuk on X.
Content Referenced:
Darya Tsymbalyuk's book, Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia's War:
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:06.0 | Today as the heads of the French and British armed forces arriving key for talks on what the Coalition of the Willing might look like, |
| 0:13.0 | we talked to the chief executive of the Halo Trust on how drone-mounted lasers are helping in the demining effort, |
| 0:20.0 | and later Francis interviews the author of a new book called Ecoside in Ukraine |
| 0:24.7 | that explores how Russia's war has not only destroyed millions of human lives, |
| 0:29.5 | it has been catastrophic for the environment. |
| 0:32.7 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:41.7 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:46.5 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:47.7 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:52.7 | We can't't as European, |
| 0:55.0 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:57.1 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:59.1 | We're strong. |
| 1:00.4 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:02.3 | It's Friday, the 4th of April, |
| 1:04.4 | three years and 40 days |
| 1:05.8 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:08.3 | And today, I'm joined by James Cowan, |
| 1:10.7 | chief executive of the non-government |
| 1:12.5 | demining organisation, the Halo Trust. But first, the military, diplomatic and political updates |
| 1:18.3 | from Ukraine and beyond. In the last couple of hours, it's been reported that representatives |
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