Trump cuts US intelligence to Ukraine & China declares its 'ready for war'
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,106.
We cover Zelensky's letter to Trump, aiming to mend their relationship after Friday's heated exchange. We also explore the incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s plan to boost defense and infrastructure spending. In addition, Trump bans the UK from sharing Washington’s intelligence with Ukraine, and reports surface of Ukrainian soldiers resorting to throwing beehives after running out of grenades.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Tom Mutch (War & Human Rights Journalist). @Tomthescribe on X.
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Content Referenced:
Pre-Order Tom Mutch's Book, The Dogs of Mariupol:
https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-dogs-of-mariupol
European rearmament is going to turn the world upside down (Ambrose Evans Pritchard in The Telegraph:
Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/05/russia-ukraine-trump-zelensky-putin-war-live-news/
China says it is ‘ready for war’ with America
Watch: Ukrainian soldiers throw beehive at Russians after running out of grenades
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/05/ukrainian-soldiers-throw-beehive-at-russians/
Ukraine Without America: How Kyiv Can Persist In the Face of a Hostile Washington (Foreign Affairs):
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukraine-without-america
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Adelae Pogman-Ponte and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:05.0 | Today, we discussed Lensky's letter to Trump in an effort to thaw their relationship |
| 0:10.0 | after Friday's shouting match, bringing the Minerals deal back on the table. |
| 0:15.0 | We also look at incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his plan to increase defense and infrastructure spending. |
| 0:22.8 | Meanwhile, Trump has banned the UK from sharing intelligence from Washington with Ukraine |
| 0:27.8 | and Ukrainian soldiers threw a beehive after having run out of grenades. |
| 0:33.1 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:42.3 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:47.3 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:48.3 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:53.3 | We can not, as Europeans, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:58.0 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:00.0 | We're strong. |
| 1:01.2 | Where Ukraine is? |
| 1:03.0 | It's Wednesday, the 5th of March, three years and nine days since the full-scale invasion |
| 1:08.5 | began. |
| 1:09.4 | I'm joined by my colleagues Dom Nichols, Associate Editor for |
| 1:12.4 | Defence and Francis Durnley, executive editor for audio, and today we also have war journalist Tom Much, |
| 1:19.0 | whom you've heard on this podcast before. But first, over to Dom for the major battlefield developments. |
| 1:25.7 | Well, hello, Adelae, hello everybody. |
| 1:28.0 | There's been virtually no movement on the ground in the last 24 hours, |
| 1:31.3 | tiny adjustments only to the line, |
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