Russia surges to border in Kursk as Ukraine holds line in Donbas
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,108.
Today, Russian forces split Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region and advance towards the border. Meanwhile, Russia targets a Ukrainian gas facility with missiles and drones just after Zelensky calls for a truce on attacks on infrastructure. On the political side, we discuss the consequences of the withdrawal of US intelligence to Ukraine, the French nuclear shield offer, and Russia’s response to the idea of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. We also look to Washington for the Hegseth and Healey summit. Lastly, we sit down with Sir Bill Browder and Yuliya Ziskina to discuss why Russian frozen assets should be transferred to Ukraine for defence spending and reparations.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Narrative Podcast Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor). @SheridanDani on X.
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X
With thanks to Sir William Browder KCMG (Head of Global Magnitsky Justice campaign and author) @Billbrowder on X, and Juliya Ziskina (Senior Legal Fellow at Razom for Ukraine). @jziskina on X.
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Content Referenced:
Danielle Sheridan in QWashington DC on the Hegseth-Healy summit
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/06/calling-trump-pro-russia-garbage-hegesth-ukraine/
Hamish De Bretton-Gordon in the Telegraph, ‘Trump is behaving like a businessman, not a Commander-in-Chief’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/06/trump-behaving-like-businessman-not-commander-in-chief/
The Telegraph on the US intelligence blackout
Le Monde on Chinese citizens enrolling in Russian forces
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Adelaipodzman-Ponte and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:06.8 | Today, Russian forces split Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region and get closer to the border. |
| 0:13.0 | Meanwhile, Russia targets a Ukrainian gas facility with missiles and drones just after Zelensky |
| 0:19.5 | calls for a truce on attacks on infrastructure. |
| 0:22.3 | On the political side, we discussed the consequences of the withdrawal of US intelligence to Ukraine, |
| 0:27.5 | the French nuclear shield offer and Russia's response to the idea of European peacekeeping forces |
| 0:33.3 | in Ukraine. We also look to Washington to debrief the Hexeth and Healy Summit. |
| 0:39.9 | Finally, we talk with Sir Bill Browder and legal expert Julia Ziskina about using Russian frozen assets for defense and reparations in Ukraine. |
| 0:49.9 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:58.9 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 1:03.8 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 1:05.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:09.7 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:14.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:16.4 | We're strong. |
| 1:17.7 | Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:19.5 | It's Friday, the 7th of March, three years and 12 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:25.3 | I'm joined by Associate Editor for Defence Dom Nichols, |
| 1:28.6 | former Tang Commander and Chemical Weapons Expert, Hamish de Breton Gordon, |
| 1:32.9 | and Defence Editor Danielle Sheridan, dialing in from Washington, D.C. |
| 1:37.7 | But first, we've got a lot on today, Dom. |
| 1:41.0 | Shall we start with the major battlefield updates? |
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