Russian ‘false flag’ attack blasts energy site and Odesa hit as Czech President visits
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,122.
Today, we report on accusations from Ukraine that Moscow has staged a false flag attack on energy infrastructure in the Kursk region, and examine Germany’s proposed defence reforms, how much room Friedrich Merz actually has and how long he has to deliver tangible results.
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Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Domnichols and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:06.0 | Today we report on accusations from Ukraine that Moscow has staged a false flag attack |
| 0:12.0 | on energy infrastructure in the Kursk region and examined Germany's proposed defense reforms |
| 0:18.0 | how much room Friedrich Mertz actually has, and how long he has to deliver |
| 0:22.8 | tangible results. |
| 0:24.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:33.8 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:38.7 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:39.9 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:44.9 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:49.3 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:51.3 | We're strong. |
| 0:52.6 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:54.0 | It's Friday, the 21st of March, three years and 26 |
| 0:58.0 | days since the full-scale invasion began. Today, I'm joined by our Berlin correspondent James Rothwell. |
| 1:04.8 | I started with the latest military and diplomatic updates from Ukraine, Russia and beyond. |
| 1:11.4 | Now, the fallout, no pun intended, continues from Ukraine's Wednesday night strike |
| 1:16.3 | on the Engels Air Base in Russia's Saratov Oblast. |
| 1:19.8 | You'll remember we reported yesterday that drones from the security service of Ukraine, the |
| 1:25.1 | SBA, hit the base. This is about 600Ks east of Ukraine and home |
| 1:30.4 | to the Big Tupolev bomber fleet as well as glide bomb and cruise missile ammunition storage facilities. |
| 1:37.3 | Right. Hold that thought. Separately, there's this whole proposed 30-day ceasefire thing going on, which hasn't been agreed to, |
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