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US presses NATO for major reset, ending mission in Iraq (The Telegraph):

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-presses-nato-reset-cut-foreign-missions-allies-peacekeeping-iraq-kosovo/

Russian commanders demand £30k to spare soldiers from front line (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/19/russian-commanders-demand-30k-spare-soldiers-front-line/

Over 1,000 Kenyans enlisted to fight in Russia-Ukraine war, report says (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8w266769go

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The British designed Microchip that is Powering Putin’s Missiles (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/18/british-designed-microchip-putin-russia-ukraine-missiles/

Starmer ‘not being honest’ on defence spending, say ex-military chiefs (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/02/18/starmer-not-honest-defence-spending-say-ex-military-chiefs/ 

Could Witkoff be ousted from Ukraine talks? (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/could-witkoff-be-ousted-from-ukraine-talks/ 

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Ukraine peace talks end in acrimony after two hours (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/18/zelensky-trump-being-unfair-in-very-tense-ukraine-talks/ 

Ukraine recaptures ‘most land since summer 2023’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/17/ukraine-recaptures-most-land-since-summer-2023/ 

Zelensky: Trump being unfair in ‘very tense’ talks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/18/zelensky-trump-being-unfair-in-very-tense-ukraine-talks/ 

Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete under national flags at 2026 Winter Paralympics (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-belarusian-athletes-to-compete-under-national-flags-at-2026-winter-paralympics/ 

Mick Ryan Substack post: Starlink Surprise

https://mickryan.substack.com/p/starlink-surprise

Learn more about Convoy4Ukraine:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/ian-wilson-young 

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Robin J Brooks’ Substack – EU transshipments to Russia:

https://robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/eu-transshipments-to-russia 

'We will take action' — Ukraine ramps up fight against illegal gas dealers with online chat bot (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/we-will-take-action-ukraine-ramps-up-fight-against-illegal-gas-dealers-with-online-bot/

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Putin’s frog poison hit on Navalny reveals his secret chemical weapons (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/14/russia-killed-navalny-with-frog-poison-britain-reveals/ 

Kim opens new neighbourhood for families of soldiers killed in Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/16/kim-opens-neighbourhood-families-soldiers-killed-ukraine/ 

Putin ‘moving nuclear missiles’ to EU border (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/15/putin-moving-nuclear-missiles-to-eu-border/ 

Nato will strike ‘deep inside Russia’ if Putin hits Baltics (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/16/nato-air-strikes-deep-in-russia-if-putin-hits-baltics/ 

Poland considers building nuclear weapons (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/16/poland-considers-building-nuclear-weapons-russia/ 

Ukraine’s War of Endurance – The Fight for Advantage in the Conflict’s Fifth Year (Michael Kofman in Foreign Affairs):

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/ukraines-war-endurance 

Ukraine struck $100 million Russian Nebo-U radar system in occupied Crimea, General Staff claims (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-says-it-struck-100-million-russian-nebo-u-radar-system-in-occupied-crimea/ 

Ukraine’s survival still an ‘open question’, Kyiv mayor warns (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/a140cba5-d36c-47b7-95cb-57218fa5874c 

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Zelensky Makes His Pitch to Trump (The Atlantic):

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/02/zelensky-trump-peace-deal-ukraine-russia/685972/ 

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Zelensky accuses Olympics of ‘playing into Russia’s hands’ after Ukraine athlete disqualified (Jeremy in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2026/02/12/winter-olympics-2026-ukrainian-skeleton-helmet-ioc/ 

Halyna Klepikovska: participation in the International Cultural Programme of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics:

https://www.halynaklepikovska.com/post/movement-as-a-form-of-thinking

Russian army casualties in Ukraine surge (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/ce74d2d8-5562-4e6d-9e5f-041b017b5d39

SBU sends text warning Russians are trying to recruit Ukrainians to register Starlink terminals (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/sbu-sends-messages-to-holders-of-ukrainian-phone-numbers-warning-russians-trying-to-recruit-ukrainians-to-register-block-starlink-terminals

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Сьогодні ми оцінюємо, на якому етапі перебуває ситуація після суперечливих заяв, що залишили Київ, Москву та західні столиці в невизначеності щодо того, чи скористається президент Зеленський четвертою річницею російського вторгнення, щоб оголосити президентські вибори або референдум щодо можливого мирного договору. Ми також повідомляємо про обурення Росії через ймовірне відключення Starlink, кризу комунікацій, ускладнену посиленням обмежень Кремля щодо Telegram, і продовжуємо стежити за олімпійським скандалом навколо так званого «Шолома пам’яті» України. Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

LINKS

Zelensky plans presidential elections and peace deal referendum (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/11/zelensky-presidential-elections-peace-deal-referendum/ 

Ukrainian athletes defy IOC and double down in helmet protest against Russia (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2026/02/09/ukrainian-athlete-vladyslav-heraskevych-anti-russian-helmet/

Behind the Guns: Western Tools, Russian Firepower (Front Intelligence):

https://frontelligence.substack.com/p/behind-the-guns-western-tools-russian

Chris O Starlink thread on X:

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/2021280155713294590?s=20

Zelensky won't announce elections on war anniversary amid talks of US-driven timeline, source says (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-wont-announce-elections-on-invasion-anniversary/

Zelenskyy planning elections in Ukraine and vote on peace deal (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/50d3d86b-2d2a-4d06-845e-a4e089382cad

Elections in Ukraine — a guide for beginners (and US Presidents) (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/a-beginners-guide-to-elections-in-ukraine-also-suitable-for-us-presidents/

The Belarusian woman at the center of Epstein’s final days (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/the-belarusian-woman-at-the-center-of-epsteins-final-days/?mc_cid=a5562b6d52&mc_eid=4a5b852913

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Zelensky backs athlete banned from wearing helmet bearing faces of war victims (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2026/02/09/ukrainian-athlete-vladyslav-heraskevych-anti-russian-helmet/ 

Russia bombs Ukrainian pet shelter (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/06/russia-bombs-ukrainian-pet-shelter/ 

How to keep an elephant and a gorilla warm during Kyiv's coldest winter of the full-scale war (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/animals-some-first-how-kyiv-zoo-protects-life-through-the-darkest-winter-of-war/?mc_cid=9ff030f3ca&mc_eid=08d0680a95 

Kenya to confront Russia over 'unacceptable' use of its nationals in combat (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k1jzvrykro?xtor=AL-71-

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Russia offered US £9tn co-operation deal, Zelensky says (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/07/us-gives-june-deadline-peace-ukraine-russia/ 

Russia accuses US of backing out of alleged Ukraine territory surrender agreement (The Telegraph):

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-accuses-us-of-backing-out-of-alleged-ukraine-surrender-agreement/ 

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Learn more about Ukraine Focus:

https://ukrainefocus.org/ 

Russian general who ‘orchestrated’ Skripal poisoning shot in Moscow (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/06/russian-general-vladimir-alekseyev-shot-moscow/ 

Macron wants Britain to pay up to £2bn to join Ukraine weapons scheme (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/05/macron-wants-uk-pay-up-to-2bn-eu-ukraine-weapons-scheme/ 

Mother of Kenyan forced to be a Russian suicide bomber ‘traumatised’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/05/mother-kenyan-tricked-human-bomb-trauma/ 

Nuclear pact relies on ‘handshake’ after US-Russia treaty expires (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/05/nuclear-pact-relies-handshake-us-russia-treaty-expires/ 

Revealed: Russia’s secret $2.5bn cash shipments to Iran (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/06/revealed-russias-secret-25bn-cash-shipments-to-iran/ 

Pentagon invites 2 Ukrainian drone makers to 'The Gauntlet' (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/pentagon-invites-2-ukrainian-drone-makers-to-the-gauntlet-1-1-billion-in-contracts-at-stake/?mc_cid=1d62a63d34&mc_eid=08d0680a95 

Russia destroyed 60% of Ukraine’s gas production—so where does Ukraine get gas now? (Euromaidan):

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/05/russia-destroyed-ukraine-gas-production-what-replaced-it/

Italy foils 'Russian cyber-attacks' at Winter Games (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cqj25wyjx1no

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

Russia spends half its state budget on military (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/04/russia-spent-half-its-state-budget-on-military-in-2025/ 

How Russia uses neural chips to turn live pigeons into drones (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/04/russia-implants-chips-spy-pigeons-brains-cyborgs-war/ 

The last foreign correspondent to file from a war zone via carrier pigeon (Airmail):

https://airmail.news/issues/2024-7-27/the-view-from-here 

Record-breaking Russian strikes during peace negotiations (Centre for Information Resilience):

https://www.info-res.org/eyes-on-russia/articles/record-breaking-russian-strikes-during-peace-negotiations/ 

Sanctions having ‘significant impact’ on Russian economy, says EU special envoy (The Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/sanctions-significant-impact-russian-economy-interview-eu-special-envoy-david-osullivan 

Keith Kellogg says he left Trump's White House to be 'free to talk' about Ukraine (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/keith-kellogg-says-he-left-trumps-white-house-to-be-free-to-talk-about-ukraine/ 

Russia claims US 'ignored' offers to extend nuclear arms control agreement as key treaty set to expire (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-claims-us-ignored-offers-to-extend-nuclear-arms-control-agreement-as-treaty-set-to-expire/ 

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The gold bubble has financed Putin’s war machine – but that may be over (Ambrose Evans Pritchard in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/02/03/gold-bubble-financed-vladimir-putins-war-machine-over/

German warships ‘sabotaged by workers’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/german-warships-sabotaged-workers-hamburg-port/

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Frontline Club event in London on Wednesday:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-qa-kharkiv-war-diaries-tickets-1979708915659 

Maiu Sandu Interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRnZUTGo1MI 

Putin waits until Kyiv hits -20C before knocking out power with missiles (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/putin-kyiv-power-coldest-temperature-missile-drone-attack/ 

EU demands Britain pays fee to join weapons fund (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/02/eu-demands-britain-pays-fee-to-join-weapons-fund/ 

Ukraine agrees multi-tier plan for enforcing any ceasefire with Russia (The Telegraph):

https://www.ft.com/content/0f26d56d-98cd-4999-8908-4a851a2de773 

Russia’s Nuclear Signaling in the War Against Ukraine: A Chronology of the Biden Era, (Peace Research Center Prague):

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a1448b4d0e62862b5a5a0e7/t/693eaa34207a1646b8b562aa/1765714484234/Horovitz_Smetana_et_al-Russia_Nuclear_Signalling_Chronology_Dec25_SMALL.pdf 

Barack Obama’s X Post:

https://x.com/BarackObama/status/2018323947230540249 

Napoleon stopped short soldiers from being sacked (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/02/napoleon-bonaparte-stopped-short-soldiers-being-sacked/

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Epstein’s links to Putin and Kremlin spies raise fears he was Russian agent (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/01/epstein-links-to-putin-and-fsb-raise-fears-he-was-a-russian/ 

Putin targets migrant smuggling networks to boost his ranks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/putin-targets-migrant-smuggling-networks-to-boost-his-ranks/ 

Putin ‘will send thousands of criminals to wreak havoc across Europe’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/01/putin-send-thousands-criminals-wreak-havoc-across-europe/ 

International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds (The Telegraph):

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/02/more-than-100000-civilians-killed-war-crimes-out-of-control-study 

Slovakia PM's national security adviser resigns over Epstein links (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvgljj1dygo?xtor 

Epstein Library Database (DoJ):

https://www.justice.gov/epstein

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LINKS

Antonia Langford’s reporting on winter in Kyiv:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/29/putin-agrees-ceasefire-stop-attacking-ukraines-cities/

Roland’s analysis: Trump has announced a Ukraine ceasefire. Is it a sham or showstopper?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/29/trump-ukraine-ceasefire-sham-showstopper/

How China is powering Putin’s deadliest new weapon (Sophia Yan in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/28/china-helping-russia-build-nuclear-capable-missile/

How to Become a Dictator podcast by Sophia Yan:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/18/introducing-how-become-dictator-new-telegraph-podcast-power/

Learn more about The Witch of Konotop:

https://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/the-witch-of-konotop-2026

Thresholds of Survival: The Resistance in Occupied Ukraine (Dr Jade McGlynn's Report):

https://www.csis.org/analysis/thresholds-survival-resistance-occupied-ukraine

Russia strips nuclear forces, Navy, and Air Force to fill infantry ranks —military expert

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/29/russia-infantry-manpower-shortage-elite-forces/

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Learn More about the Walking Blood Bank and the Yashchenko Foundation:

https://yashchenkofoundation.org/walking-blood-bank/ 

Putin abandons Syria base to court new Islamist leader (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/28/russia-abandons-syria-military-base/ 

Royal Navy forces Russian ship out of British waters (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/28/russian-ship-anchors-trans-atlantic-cables-bristol-channel/ 

Exclusive: Trump's top envoy negotiating Ukraine's fate displays 'shocking' lack of knowledge about war (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/trumps-top-envoy-displays-shocking-lack-of-knowledge-about-war-politics/ 

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The growing risks to maritime safety (UK Government):

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-growing-risks-to-maritime-safety/the-growing-risks-to-maritime-safety

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN):

https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf

The plans to turn Europe into a new superpower (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/26/plans-turn-europe-new-superpower/

Ukraine: We won’t accept meaningless security guarantees (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/27/ukraine-russia-security-guarantees-trump-nato/

EU-sanctioned oil tanker escorted to Morocco by Spanish rescue ship, merchant marine says (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-sanctioned-oil-tanker-escorted-morocco-by-spanish-rescue-ship-merchant-marine-2026-01-27/

Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine (CSIS):

https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-grinding-war-ukraine

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

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France opposes EU plan to buy British Storm Shadows for Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/26/france-opposes-eu-plan-to-buy-british-storm-shadows-ukraine/ 

Exclusive: Russian negotiators soften hardline stance in private, US officials say. Ukrainians urge caution (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/kremlin-negotiators-drop-hardline-stance-behind-closed-doors-us-official-reveals

US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/8ca0d4fd-fdfd-4aa3-a3a2-90be00d55b9d 

NATO boss Rutte slaps down calls for European army prompted by Trump fears (Reuters):

Commission approves second wave of SAFE defence funding for eight Member States (EU):

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_211

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Zelensky attacks ‘weak and indecisive’ European leaders (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/22/zelensky-attack-weak-indecisive-european-leaders/ 

Britain helps seize Russian oil tanker in Mediterranean (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/22/britain-helps-seize-russian-oil-tanker-mediterranean/ 

This was the moment EU leaders agreed Europe must go it alone (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-agree-independent-europe-summit-emmanuel-macron-friedrich-merz/ 

Exclusive: Trump's new Board of Peace could tackle Russia-Ukraine war, source says (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/trump-launches-his-board-of-peace-ahead-of-meeting-with-zelensky 

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Trump meets Zelensky for Davos peace talks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/22/trump-davos-greenland-board-of-peace/ 

Putin’s zombie missiles pose €80m dilemma for Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/21/putin-zombie-missiles-80m-dilemma-kyiv/

Starmer’s national security chief warns Witkoff that Putin will not compromise (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/22/starmers-national-security-chief-witkoff-putin-compromise/ 

Rutte confronts Trump over dead Nato soldiers (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/22/rutte-confronts-trump-over-dead-nato-soldiers/ 

Ukraine Expands SAR Collaboration With Iceye (Satellite Today):

https://www.satellitetoday.com/imagery-and-sensing/2026/01/20/ukraine-expands-sar-collaboration-with-iceye/

Garda and army teams probe suspicious package found at Trump Doonbeg after visit by Eric Trump (The Journal):

https://www.thejournal.ie/suspicious-package-doonbeg-clare-donald-trump-6934044-Jan2026/?utm_source=twitter_short

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LINKS

Telegraph Live Blog of Davos:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/21/politics-latest-news-pmqs-chagos-china-embassy-keir-starmer/ 

Trump’s $1bn-a-ticket plan to replace the UN (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/21/trump-1bn-a-ticket-replace-un/ 

The limits of Trump’s Bazball diplomacy (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/20/donald-trump-bazball-diplomacy-analysis/ 

Save Ukraine Website:

https://www.saveukraineua.org/

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Trump leaks texts, threatens Macron and trashes Starmer (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/20/trump-publishes-private-text-messages-european-leaders/ 

Denmark sends more troops to Greenland (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/20/donald-trump-chagos-deal-greenland-takeover-macron-nato0/ 

The Henry Jackson Society’s cyber report will be published here later today:

https://henryjacksonsociety.org/centre-for-russia-and-eurasia-studies/ 

Russians Made a Simplified Solntsepyok Using a Drone (Militarnyi):

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russians-made-a-simplified-solntsepyok-using-a-drone/

The History Bureau: Putin and the Apartment Bombs (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002q5dk

Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw (Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic):

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/trump-letter-to-norway/685676/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTych2xLOYB0BDKFOlaP7EsG0 

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Trump: Taking Greenland is revenge for losing Nobel Peace Prize (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/19/trump-taking-greenland-is-revenge-for-no-nobel-peace-prize/ 

Pro-Putin spy nuns infiltrating Sweden (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/18/pro-putin-spy-nuns-infiltrating-sweden/

James Rothwell’s Sweden Dispatch (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/15/sweden-trump-exaggerating-putin-threat-greenland-denmark/ 

Denmark ‘will shoot first and ask questions later’ over Greenland (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/07/denmark-usa-trump-shoot-first-ask-questions-later-greenland/ 

‘America vs. the World’ (The Atlantic):

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/trump-national-security-greenland-spheres-of-interest/685673/ 

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Dr Jade McGlynn’s report on the Occupied Territories:

https://www.csis.org/analysis/thresholds-survival-resistance-occupied-ukraine 

Exclusive: Rail union boss sang pro-Russia chants in occupied Ukraine (Gareth Corfield in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/16/union-boss-eddie-dempsey-sang-pro-russian-chants/

Uncovered: Secret room beneath Chinese embassy that poses threat to City of London (Gareth Corfield in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/12/revealed-china-embassy-secret-plans-spy-basement/ 

Germany blocks Russian “shadow fleet” tanker from entering its territorial waters in unprecedented move (The Insider):

https://theins.press/en/news/288483

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Russia forces African recruits to become suicide bombers (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/12/russia-using-africans-cannon-fodder-ukraine/ 

EU chief diplomat Kallas: World’s woes mean it’s time to start drinking (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-chief-diplomat-kaja-kallas-state-world-means-time-start-drinking/ 

EU reveals details on 90 billion 'Ukraine Support Loan' (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/eu-reveals-details-on-90-billion-ukraine-support-loan/?mc_cid=28574c74cc&mc_eid=08d0680a95 

Stephanie Baker’s Book: ‘Punishing Putin: The gripping expose of the global economic sanctions against Russia’s war in Ukraine’ – 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Punishing-Putin-gripping-economic-sanctions-ebook/dp/B0CWWFJ52G 

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France pushes to block Ukraine from buying US weapons (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/13/france-blocks-ukraine-from-buying-us-weapons/

Starmer poised to hammer out Ukraine peace plan in Davos (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/13/starmer-poised-talks-ukraine-peace-deal-davos-war-russia-uk/ 

Scottish independence accounts go dark after Iran internet blackout (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/12/scottish-independence-accounts-dark-iran-internet-blackout/

America abandoned this Arctic silo 60 years ago. Now, it could solve Nato’s Greenland problem (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/13/nuclear-option-america-nato-greenland/ 

Marco Rubio, Trump's Foreign-Policy Enabler (The New Yorker):

https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/marco-rubio-trumps-foreign-policy-enabler 

Ukraine officially awards lithium deposit to Trump-linked investors, $179 million set for development (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-attract-179-million-u-s-investment-in-key-lithium-deposit/ 

Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’ (United Nations):

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166749?_gl=1*15f56p1*_ga*NzU3NDczMzg2LjE3NjgzOTI4NDc.*_ga_TK9BQL5X7Z*czE3NjgzOTI4NDYkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjgzOTI4NDYkajYwJGwwJGgw

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Full Exclusive Telegraph Video Interview with Moldovan President Maia Sandu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRnZUTGo1MI 

Francis’s Video Documentary on Moldova:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZC5FvDt-u0 

Panel with Dr Jack Watling discussing legal avenues for stopping the shadow fleet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqHFlA6m6o 

UN Homepage:

https://www.un.org/en/

UN Story – Deadly Russian strikes push civilians deeper into winter crisis:

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166748 

Live Blog as Parliament votes on government reshuffle (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/parliament-votes-on-government-reshuffle-live/ 

Ukraine and Moldova Quietly Cut Off Russia’s Hidden Army at Midnight on New Year’s Day (United 24):

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-and-moldova-quietly-cut-off-russias-hidden-army-at-midnight-on-new-years-day-14932 

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UK Defence Secretary John Healey: “I would kidnap Putin” (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/10/john-healey-i-would-kidnap-vladimir-putin/ 

Britain to spend £200m preparing troops for Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/09/britain-200m-spend-troops-ukraine-deployment/ 

Russia’s ‘dandelion’ tank armour might just work (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/10/russia-bizarre-tank-defences-dandelion-ukraine-war-turtle/ 

Zelensky hopes reshuffle will give him a better hand at home and away (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/11/zelensky-hedges-his-bets-with-cabinet-reshuffle/v 

Russian spies target £70-a-night hotel near Nato HQ (The i):

https://inews.co.uk/news/nato-warns-of-russian-spies-4145755 

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United24Media: Ukraine’s Drone Strikes Hit Up to 100,000 Russian Troops in Late 2025—2026 Plans Aim Higher

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraines-drone-strikes-hit-up-to-100000-russian-troops-in-late-2025-2026-plans-aim-higher-14798

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'Everyone's in shock' — Ground Forces reorganization leaves International Legion soldiers in limbo

https://kyivindependent.com/everyones-in-shock-ground-forces-reorganization-leaves-international-legion-soldiers-in-limbo/

Ukraine now has the fortress belt it wishes it had in 2022

https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/01/07/ukraine-now-has-the-fortress-belt-it-wishes-it-had-in-2022

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

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Telegraph Live Blog (featuring updates from Francis in Budapest):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/05/venezuela-latest-news-nicolas-maduro-court-new-york/ 

Luxury SUV taken from Latvian drunk driver now among 21 vehicles bound for Ukraine military (Euromaidan):

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/04/luxury-suv-taken-from-latvian-drunk-driver-now-among-21-vehicles-bound-for-ukraine-military/

The weightlifting champion jailed by Russia for ‘plotting sabotage and assassinations’ (The Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/yulia-lemeshchenko-weightlifting-champion-jailed-by-russia-for-plotting-sabotage-and-assassinations 

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Frontline report: Australian Abrams tanks enter combat at Pokrovsk, bolstering Ukrainian counterattacks

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/01/frontline-report-2025-12-31/

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Exclusive: 'Be careful' — European leaders warned Zelensky to assess Trump's real stance at Mar-a-Lago, Kyiv Independent

https://kyivindependent.com/european-leaders-warned-zelensky-to-assess-real-us-stance-at-trump-meeting/?mc_cid=9ce9652bd4&mc_eid=4a5b852913

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Автор фото: Джо Редл/Getty Images

Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

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Listen to Adelie Pojzman-Pontay reflect on Russia and China’s relationship on our sister podcast Battle Lines:

https://linktr.ee/BattleLines

Zelensky asks Trump for 50 years of US security guarantees:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/29/zelensky-asks-trump-for-50-years-of-security-guarantees/

Roland’s Oliphant’s comment piece on Mariupol Theatre being reopened:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/11/mariupol-theatre-putin-ukraine-plans/

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Сьогодні, коли вщухає пил після критично важливої нічної угоди в Брюсселі про надання Україні кредиту на €90 млрд, ми повідомляємо про ще один удар по судну з «тіньового флоту» Росії - цього разу в Середземному морі.

Слухачам, які чують цей випуск у перекладі, повідомляємо: у різдвяний період ми не перекладатимемо подкаст так регулярно. Перекладів не буде з 22 по 26 грудня, а також у новорічну ніч і в Новий рік. Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

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EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine – but won’t use frozen Russian assets (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/19/european-union-agrees-loan-ukraine/

Russia won’t get back frozen $300bn assets under latest peace plan (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/18/russia-wont-get-frozen-300bn-assets-latest-peace-ukraine/ 

Ukrainian drones blow up Russian oil tanker in Mediterranean (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/19/ukraine-strikes-russian-oil-tanker-in-mediterranean/

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

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Putin: European leaders are ‘pigs’ who will be replaced (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/17/putin-european-leaders-are-pigs-who-will-be-replaced/ 

Zelensky’s race against time to plug £48bn war black hole (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/18/the-budget-black-hole-that-threatens-the-future-of-ukraine/ 

How Putin’s favourite pop star became ‘most hated woman in Russia’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/16/putins-favourite-pop-star-most-hated-woman-russia/ 

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Russia: US has promised us Ukrainian territory (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/16/russia-us-promised-ukrainian-territory-war-sergei-lavrov/ 

Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term (Vanity Fair):

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-1 

Ukraine Support Tracker (Kiel Institute):

https://www.kielinstitut.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/ 

How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America (CSIS Report):

https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-europe-can-defend-itself-less-america 

Canadian military intelligence officer allegedly shared classified information with Ukraine (Globe & Mail):

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-forces-intelligence-officer-classified-information-ukraine/?intcmp=gift_share 

Swedish Navy spots armed Russian military personnel aboard shadow fleet tankers in Baltic Sea (Euromaidan):

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/16/swedish-navy-spots-russian-military-aboard-shadow-fleet/ 

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US tells Ukraine: Take our ‘platinum’ security guarantees or lose them (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/15/germany-witkoff-and-kushner-far-from-ideal-negotiators/ 

Ukraine ‘blows up £300m Russian submarine’ with underwater drones (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/15/ukraine-blows-up-300m-russian-submarine-underwater-drones/ 

The bedroom farce at the centre of a Russian war-crime propaganda plot (Roland Oliphant on Maruipol in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/11/mariupol-theatre-putin-ukraine-plans/ 

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Zelensky gives up Nato ambitions in peace deal concession (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/14/zelensky-gives-up-nato-ambitions-in-peace-deal-concession/ 

MI6 chief warns Putin: We won’t abandon Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/15/mi6-chief-warns-putin-we-wont-abandon-ukraine/ 

FBI boss met with Ukraine’s top peace negotiators (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/12/fbi-boss-ukraine-top-peace-negotiators/ 

Lithuania in state of emergency over smuggler balloons linked to Russia (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/09/lithuania-in-state-of-emergency-over-smuggler-balloons-link/ 

German tank-shaped Christmas calendar ‘glorifying war’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/10/german-tank-shaped-christmas-calendar-glorifying-war/ 

New Ukrainian Polling:

https://kiis.com.ua/ 

Chess-FIDE reinstates Russian and Belarusian teams in official contests (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/sports/chess-fide-reinstates-russian-belarusian-teams-official-contests-2025-12-15/ 

‘Disrupting Russian Air Defence Production: Reclaiming the Sky’ (RUSI): https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/research-papers/disrupting-russian-air-defence-production-reclaiming-sky

Comprehensive approach to security: Federal Council launches consultation on Switzerland's security policy strategy (Swiss Government)

https://www.news.admin.ch/en/newnsb/BLkWfUbUsXtBFoSj-krgU

UN Press Page:

https://press.un.org/en

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Nato chief: Prepare for war with Russia

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/11/nato-chief-prepare-for-war-with-russia/ 

Disrupting Russian Air Defence Production: Reclaiming the Sky https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/research-papers/disrupting-russian-air-defence-production-reclaiming-sky 

The decorated marine tipped to be Labour’s next leader https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/12/12/al-carns-labour-next-leader-marine-armed-forces-minister/ 

Listen to Dom interview Al Carns on Battle Lines: https://linktr.ee/BattleLines

Head of US army cut out of Ukraine talks by paranoid Hegseth

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/12/12/pentagon-golden-boy-hegseth-dan-driscoll/

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Dom and Francis’s Chess Game with Malcolm in Odesa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCptvJ2tuIA 

With clips in our Ukraine Culture War Documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM&pp=ygUPb2Rlc2EgdGVsZWdyYXBo 

Starmer, Macron and Merz warn Trump over ‘Euro-Atlantic’ alliance (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/10/starmer-macron-and-merz-warn-trump-euro-atlantic-alliance/ 

Ukrainian drone boats blow up Russian oil tankers (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/29/ukrainian-drone-boats-blow-up-russian-oil-tankers/ 

U.S. Blueprint to Rewire Economies of Russia, Ukraine Sets Off Clash With Europe (Wall Street Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-blueprint-to-rewire-economies-of-russia-ukraine-sets-off-clash-with-europe-72484515 

US House passes bill to bolster Europe’s defence, in apparent rebuke to Trump’s foreign policy strategy (The Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/us-house-passes-bill-to-bolster-europes-defence-in-apparent-rebuke-to-trumps-foreign-policy-strategy 

‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy (The Telegraph):

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/12/make-europe-great-again-and-more-longer-version-national-security-strategy/410038/?oref=d1-homepage-top-story 

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

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Trump: Zelensky has until Christmas to accept peace deal (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/09/trump-zelensky-must-accept-peace-deal-ukraine-losing/ 

Mapped: Russia and Ukraine’s deadly shadow war of assassinations (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/05/mapped-russia-ukraine-deadly-shadow-war-assassination/ 

Russia’s hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/2084e87d-d491-4852-8449-f90b73d4788b 

Zelensky 'ready' to hold elections during war, if partners ensure security (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-ready-to-hold-elections-during-war-if-partners-ensure-security/

Leaked documents expose global Russian soft-power influence network (New Voice of Ukraine):

https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/how-russia-built-a-worldwide-spy-ecosystem-using-youth-diplomacy-and-soft-power-50564951.html 

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Trump’s Ukraine peace deal on brink of collapse (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/08/ukraine-russia-war-latest-starmer-zelensky-trump-putin/ 

Zelensky meets Pope ahead of peace talks with Meloni (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/09/zelensky-appeals-for-european-support-for-new-peace-deal/ 

Ukrainians raise flag to show BBC the fight goes on in city claimed by Russia (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6x3vv7y60o 

Trump thrashes European leaders in wide-ranging interview: ‘I think they’re weak’ (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/trump-dasha-burns-interview-europe-immigration-ukraine-00682016?utm_content=topic/politics&utm_source=flipboard 

Zelensky reveals candidates for Yermak's replacement as Presidential Office head (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-reveals-candidates-for-new-head-of-ukraines-presidents-office/ 

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption (Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic):

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/12/ukraine-fighting-corruption-trump/685162/ 

Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017 (The Telegraph):

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/russia-us-spy-extracted 

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Zelenskiy Says No Accord Yet on Ukraine’s East in US Talks, Bloomberg News

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/zelenskiy-says-no-accord-so-far-on-eastern-ukraine-in-us-talks

Trump: Zelensky hasn’t even read my peace plan, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/08/ukraine-russia-war-latest-starmer-zelensky-trump-putin/

Kremlin: Trump’s new defence strategy ‘consistent’ with Russian vision, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/07/donald-trump-defence-strategy-russia-dmitry-peskov-kremlin/

France shielding €18bn Russian asset pot from EU ‘reparations loan’ push, Financial times

https://www.ft.com/content/fe304bb8-d928-4b9b-8162-2000301be937

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Military drones flew towards Zelensky’s plane as it approached Dublin (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/04/military-drones-flew-towards-zelensky-plane-dublin/ 

"We Must Not Leave Ukraine and Volodymyr Alone with These Guys" (Der Spiegel):

https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/confidential-conference-on-ukraine-peace-we-must-not-leave-ukraine-and-volodymyr-alone-with-these-guys-a-a7b269ed-b6c2-4739-8e83-81552e097c14?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh 

Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia (France 24):

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251204-trump-envoys-press-plan-with-ukraine-as-sanctions-eased-on-russia 

US National Security Strategy (White House):

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf 

Les fusiliers marins ont tiré sur des drones au-dessus de la base navale de l’Île Longue, abri des sous-marins nucléaires français, (Le Figaro):

https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/les-fusiliers-marins-tirent-sur-des-drones-au-dessus-de-la-base-navale-de-l-ile-longue-abri-des-sous-marins-nucleaire-francais-20251205

Exclusive: Woman suspected by France of spying has ties to Kremlin proxies, social media posts show (Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/woman-suspected-by-france-spying-has-ties-kremlin-proxies-social-media-posts-2025-12-03/

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Trump: I don’t know what the Kremlin is doing (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/03/trump-i-dont-know-what-the-kremlin-is-doing/ 

Britain can’t let the man Putin hates most die in prison (Sir Tom Stoppard in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/19/britain-cant-let-the-man-putin-hates-most-die-in-prison/ 

The West’s Last Chance (Alexander Stubb, Finland’s President, in Foreign Affairs):

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/wests-last-chance 

Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/article/christopher-landau-top-us-official-berates-europe-nato-cut-industry-defense-buildup/ 

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Today’s Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/03/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-peace-deal-talks/ 

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Russian troops sent to slaughter with no helmets or armour (Verity in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/29/russian-troops-sent-to-slaughter-with-no-helmets-or-armour/

Ukraine strikes Chechen special forces unit ahead of Putin-Witkoff talks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/02/ukraine-strikes-chechen-special-forces-ahead-witkoff-putin/ 

Zelensky warns US not to reward Putin (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/01/zelensky-warns-us-not-to-reward-putin/ 

Ex-British soldier ‘helped Russia assassinate prominent Ukrainians’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/02/ex-british-soldier-helped-russia-assassinate-ukrainians/ 

ECB refuses to provide backstop for €140bn Ukraine loan (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/616c79ee-34de-425a-865e-e94ba10be788

Ukraine has brought back 1,859 Russia-abducted children, Zelenska says in Paris (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-says-1-859-abducted-children-have-been-returned-zelenska-tells-paris-summit 

Five South Africans in court over alleged recruitment for Russia’s war in Ukraine (The Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/south-africans-court-alleged-recruitment-russia-war-ukraine 

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Valerii Zaluzhnyi: How to defeat Putin and build a better Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/29/how-to-defeat-putin-and-build-a-better-ukraine/ 

Zelensky meets Macron in Paris (The Telegraph Live Blog):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/12/01/ukraine-russia-war-zelensky-macron/ 

Ukrainian drone boats blow up Russian oil tankers (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/29/ukrainian-drone-boats-blow-up-russian-oil-tankers/

Zelensky’s chief of staff goes to front line after resigning over corruption scandal (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/29/zelensky-chief-of-staff-andriy-yermak-goes-to-front-line/ 

Kyiv’s new peace talks chief caught in same corruption scandal as ousted predecessor (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/30/ukraine-make-or-break-week-survival-witkoff/ 

Antony Beevor: For Russia, conspicuous cruelty is a necessary weapon of war (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/30/antony-beevor-interview/ 

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine (Wall Street Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290 

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LINKS:

Trump hands Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/28/trump-to-recognise-occupied-ukraine-part-of-russia/ 

Zelensky’s chief of staff raided by anti-corruption officers (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/28/zelenskys-chief-of-staff-raided-by-anti-corruption-officers/ 

Putin: Russia ready to fight until last Ukrainian dies (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/27/putin-says-russia-ready-fight-until-last-ukrainian-dies/ 

Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-tightens-grip-on-occupied-ukraine-with-illegal-mobilization-and-child-militarization-experts-warn/ 

Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia (The Atlantic):

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/11/ukraine-zelensky-russia-trump-peace-land-red-line/685090/

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Who leaked Witkoff’s Kremlin call? These are the main suspects (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/26/steve-witkoff-kremlin-call-main-suspects-witi-leaks/ 

Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev (The Insider):

https://theins.press/en/politics/287159 

Allies worry US demands Ukraine deal before security guarantees (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/26/us-demands-peace-deal-before-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-00670210 

Moldova's Foreign Ministry confronts Russian ambassador with drone that violated country's airspace (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/moldovas-foreign-ministry-confronts-russian-ambassador-with-drone-that-violated-countrys-airspace/ 

A better way to craft a reparations loan (Hugo Dixon of the Ukraine Reparations Loan):

https://www.ukrainereparationsloan.com/post/a-better-way-to-craft-a-reparations-loan 

Zarah Sultana’s pompous, luxury beliefs about Ukraine (The Spectator):

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/zarah-sultanas-pompous-luxury-beliefs-about-ukraine/

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LINKS

Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/26/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-trump-peace-talks/ 

Trump envoy coaches Kremlin negotiator in leaked call (Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/11/25/witkoff-coach-russians-peace-plan-trump/

Starmer demands British boots on ground under Ukraine peace deal (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/25/russia-hints-it-may-reject-latest-peace-deal/ 

I’ve seen high-level negotiations. Witkoff broke the one rule that matters (David Blair in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/26/witkoff-ushakov-leaked-call/ 

Bloomberg’s Leaked Transcripts:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-25/witkoff-advised-russia-on-how-to-pitch-ukraine-plan-to-trump

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Zelensky ‘agrees’ to Trump’s amended peace deal (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/25/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news5338/ 

Trump and Zelensky set for crunch talks on peace plan (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/24/trump-zelensky-ukraine-peace-plan-talks/ 

Battle for Ukraine splits Trump’s top team (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/11/25/ukraines-future-depends-who-wins-battle-white-house/ 

How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world (Axios):

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/trump-ukraine-plan-28-points-back-story 

Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan, Defence Minister says

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-deploy-missiles-to-island-near-taiwan-defence-minister-says 

US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan but defer biggest decisions (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/883e5a47-430c-4fc2-85ee-cd6af9bb599d

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Telegraph’s Ukraine Live Blog for Today:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/24/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-geneva-latest-news514/ 

How Putin’s money man hoodwinked Trump’s top diplomats (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/23/how-putins-money-man-hoodwinked-trumps-top-diplomats/ 

Europe agrees to invite Putin back into G8 (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/23/leaked-europe-rival-peace-plan-ukraine-full-russia-war/ 

Trump: Ukraine peace plan isn’t my final offer (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/22/ukraine-russia-trump-war-latest-news/ 

US ‘making changes’ to peace plan after crisis talks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/23/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-power-plant-moscow-geneva/ 

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Russia welcomed back to G7 under Trump peace plan (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/20/russia-to-be-welcomed-back-to-g7-under-proposed-peace-plan/ 

Zelensky agrees to negotiate on Trump’s peace plan (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/20/france-brands-us-russia-peace-deal-a-capitulation/ 

Telegraph’s Ukraine Live Blog:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/21/ukraine-russia-war-trump-putin-peace-deal-nato-live/ 

How ‘Spoofing’ Is Diverting Russian Missiles Into Empty Fields (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2025/11/20/how-spoofing-is-diverting-russian-missiles-into-empty-fields/ 

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Ukraine told to accept cash-for-land deal with Putin (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/19/us-russia-secret-28-point-peace-plan-gaza-model/ 

Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg ‘quits’ after plan for US peace leaked (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/11/20/ukraine-envoy-keith-kellogg-quits-after-plan-for-us-peace/ 

France brands US-Russia peace deal a ‘capitulation’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/20/france-brands-us-russia-peace-deal-a-capitulation/ 

White House Scrambles to Quell Rumors of Russia-Friendly Donbas Proposal (Kyiv Post):

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/64561 

BBC Today Programme featuring former US Ambassador to Kyiv:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mbxg

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LINKS

British ex-civil servant accused of Ukraine war crimes (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/19/british-ex-civil-servant-graham-phillips-ukraine-war-crimes/ 

Russian spy ship fires lasers to blind RAF pilots (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/19/russian-spy-blinds-military-pilots-spy-ship-lasers/ 

Scoop: U.S. secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war (Axios):

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/ukraine-peace-plan-trump-russia-witkoff 

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

Gas gangrene returns to Ukraine in echoes of First World War trench warfare (Verity in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/gas-gangrene-ukraine-war-russia-trenches-europe/ 

‘Coffin on wheels’ saves wounded Ukrainian soldier from no-man’s land (Verity in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/17/robot-coffin-on-wheels-saves-ukrainian-soldier-trapped/ 

Russia suspected of blowing up Polish railway line (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/17/russia-suspected-of-blowing-up-polish-railway-line-ukraine/ 

Putin goes after his own war cheerleaders (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/16/putin-goes-after-his-own-war-cheerleaders/ 

Putin is eating his own supporters. This is how dictators fall (Hamish in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/17/putin-z-bloggers-suppression-supporters-russia-war-ukraine/ 

Key government representatives advise Zelensky to release Yermak (Ukrainian Pravda):

https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2025/11/18/8007753/ 

EU eyes €90 Billion Ukraine grant (Bloomberg):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/eu-pitches-90-billion-ukraine-grant-if-russian-asset-loan-fails 

Construction Accelerates at Planned Russian Navy Base (Bellingcat):

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2024/07/30/construction-accelerates-at-planned-russian-navy-base-in-disputed-abkhazia/

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Vladimir Kara-Murza: what stopped me going mad in Putin’s gulag (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/13/echr-stopped-me-from-going-mad-in-putins-gulag/ 

North Korean troops deployed to clear land mines for Russia (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/15/north-korea-troops-deploy-clear-land-mines-russia-ukraine/ 

Russia seizes land after Kyiv diverts troops (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/16/russia-seizes-land-after-kyiv-diverts-troops/ 

Exclusive: Russia plans to make up to 120,000 glide bombs this year, Ukrainian intelligence says (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-plans-make-up-120000-glide-bombs-this-year-ukrainian-intelligence-says-2025-11-14/ 

How Britain replaced the US as Russia’s villain of choice (The Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/16/how-britain-became-russia-villain-us-ukraine 

Viewings of ‘Facing War’ at Bertha DocHouse in London:

https://dochouse.org/event/facing-war/

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LINKS

Francis’s Book Review: ‘How Gorbachev fooled the West into thinking he was a liberal visionary’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c726678d9006e83d

Watch: Ukraine helicopter shoots down Russian drone using American minigun (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/13/ukraine-helicopter-minigun-shoots-down-russian-drone/ 

Germany slams door on Ukrainian men fleeing war (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/13/germany-slams-door-ukrainian-men-fleeing-war-russia-merz/ 

US sanctions Ukrainian firms accused of helping supply parts for Iran’s Shahed drones used by Russia (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/iran-buys-shahed-components-from-within-ukraine-us-treasury/?mc_cid=c6b36a0bef&mc_eid=08d0680a95 

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Tanks or drones? German defence giants clash over how to rebuild military (James Rothwell in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/07/german-defence-clash-rebuild-military-tanks-drones/ 

Polish civilians arm themselves in case of Russian invasion (James Rothwell in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/18/polish-civilians-arm-themselves-to-resist-russian-invasion/ 

Russia massing nuclear fleet in Arctic Circle ‘for war with Nato’ (James Rothwell in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/24/russia-massing-nuclear-fleet-in-arctic-circle-war-with-nato/ 

More Soldiers, More Gold (Bild):

https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/so-wird-der-neue-wehrdienst-mehr-soldaten-mehr-geld-post-auch-fuer-frauen-6915884571dafa6e0afd2550 

Ukraine’s Hardest Winter (Jack Watling in Foreign Affairs):

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukraines-hardest-winter 

Ukraine withdraws from positions near settlement in Zaporizhzhia (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-withdraws-from-another-settlement-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast-amid-ongoing-russian-offensive/?mc_cid=73117cc8fa&mc_eid=08d0680a95 

Hitler’s DNA proves he really did have only one ball (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/12/scientists-secrets-adolf-hitler-dna-adhd/

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Ukrainian minister implicated in nuclear power corruption scandal suspended (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/minister-implicated-suspended/ 

Ukraine faces ‘huge problems’ finding soldiers as men flee abroad, says Kyiv mayor (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/article/war-in-ukraine-draft-age-russia-vitali-klitschko

UK’s Jonathan Powell contacted Moscow in bid to build back channel to Vladimir Putin (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/f06920c2-94f6-49b8-89df-82ace669cf25?shareType=nongift 

Trump Admin Pushes to Weaken Ukraine Resolution on Russian Occupation at UN, Sources Tell Kyiv Post (Kyiv Post):

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63999

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Who is Timur Mindich, Zelensky's secretive associate at the center of a major corruption probe?, Kyiv Independent

https://kyivindependent.com/who-is-timur-mindich/?mc_cid=721276d3ca&mc_eid=4a5b852913

Where’s Sergei Lavrov? Rumours swirl over the fate of Putin’s foreign affairs enforcer, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/11/10/the-rumours-swirling-over-the-fate-of-sergei-lavrov/

Mapped: Russia’s new drone war against Europe, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/11/mapped-russia-new-drone-war-against-europe/

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LINKS

Dr Jack Watling's New RUSI Report - 'Emergent Approaches to Combined Arms Manoeuvre in Ukraine':

https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/insights-papers/emergent-approaches-combined-arms-manoeuvre-ukraine

Pokrovsk: Where Putin Shattered His Teeth

https://cepa.org/article/pokrovsk-where-putin-shattered-his-teeth/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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United Nations Human Rights Council: Independent International Commission of Inquiry report

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/11/commission-visits-kyiv-reiterating-its-findings?sub-site=HRC

Kremlin dismisses speculation that Lavrov has fallen out of favour with Putin

https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-dismisses-speculation-rift-between-foreign-minister-lavrov-putin-2025-11-07/

Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/07/orban-hungary-white-house-visit-trump

What’s the truth about South Africa’s ‘genocide’ of white farmers?

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/whats-the-truth-about-south-africas-genocide-of-white-farmers/

Fact-checking Trump’s claims of white farmer ‘genocide’ in South Africa

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-claims-of-white-farmer-genocide-in-south-africa

South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims - minister

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr5xe7z0y0o

Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wg5pg1xp5o

Killing of White Farmer Becomes a Flash Point in South Africa

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/world/africa/South-Africa-murder-protests.html

‘Kill the Boer’ Song Fuels Backlash in South Africa and U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/world/africa/south-africa-kill-boer-song.html

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'Catastrophic populism:' Critics push back against Zelensky's winter support package for Ukrainians

https://kyivindependent.com/catastrophic-populism-critics-push-back-against-zelenskys-winter-support-package-for-ukrainians/?mc_cid=1d6cb51478&mc_eid=4a5b852913

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LINKS

Dom’s story on MI5 chief’s warnings (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/16/sir-ken-mccallum-mi5-china-spy-scandal-national-security/ 

The Ukrainian double-agent playing Russia at its own game (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/01/ukraine-russia-war-double-agent-security-services/ 

A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative (The Insider):

https://theins.ru/en/inv/286477 

Russia moves to year-round conscription from 2026 (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/putin-signs-law-allowing-year-round-conscription-in-russia/?mc_cid=fb29c7d440&mc_eid=08d0680a95 

Is there a risk of encirclement in Pokrovsk and what awaits Myrnohrad? Soldiers explain (Hromadske):

https://hromadske.ua/en/war/254005-ti-khto-v-pokrovsku-na-peredovykh-pozytsiiakh-vze-v-pryntsypi-v-otochenni-z-iakoho-malo-shansiv-vyyty 

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Stephanie Baker’s Book, ‘Punishing Putin: ‘The gripping expose of the global economic sanctions against Russia’s war in Ukraine’:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Punishing-Putin-gripping-economic-sanctions-ebook/dp/B0CWWFJ52G

Ukraine rescues camel used by Russian military (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/30/ukraine-rescues-camel-used-by-russian-military/ 

Ukraine ‘strikes elite Russian unit’ on Black Sea oil rig (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/03/ukraine-strikes-elite-russian-unit-on-black-sea-oil-rig/ 

Putin’s shadow fleet under threat as Trump tries to ‘terrify’ Russia’s allies (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/11/04/putins-shadow-fleet-runs-aground-against-us-sanctions/ 

Russian Oil Finds Fewer Takes in China After Hit From Sanctions (Bloomberg):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-02/russian-oil-finds-fewer-takers-in-china-after-hit-from-sanctions 

Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast's iconic front-line rail stop, closed for 'indefinite period' (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/key-train-route-to-ukraines-east-has-been-reduced-for-an-indefinite-period-due-to-safety-concerns/ 

Intense US surveillance activity over the Black Sea (ItaMilRadar):

https://www.itamilradar.com/2025/11/03/intense-us-surveillance-activity-over-the-black-sea/

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LINKS

Learn more about ‘Facing War’ - new film about Jens Stoltenberg by Tommy Gulliksen:

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt35671816/ 

Ukraine special forces launch helicopter raid to stop Russian encirclement (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/01/ukraine-special-forces-helicopter-assault-pokrovsk/ 

Draft dodger who jumped from moving train faces deportation to Russia (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/01/draft-dodger-who-jumped-moving-train-deportation-russia/ 

Russia deploys 170,000 troops in battle for Pokrovsk (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/31/russia-deploys-170000-troops-battle-pokrovsk/ 

‘How to Negotiate with Putin’ by Robert Person (Journal of Democracy):

https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/how-to-negotiate-with-putin/ 

Zelensky Is Winning Trump Voters Over (Wall Street Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zelensky-is-winning-trump-voters-over-72d5f6c1?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink 

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LINKS

Russian soldiers disguised in civilian clothes infiltrating front-line city (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/13/russian-soldiers-disguised-civilian-clothing-infiltrating/

Poland, Hungary and Slovakia defy Brussels as Ukraine trade deal takes effect (POLITICO)

https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-hungary-and-slovakia-defy-brussels-as-ukraine-trade-deal-takes-effect/

Trump-Vladimir Putin Budapest summit axed following Moscow memo (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/d6655fb1-31af-4da8-85f7-085a8fc00969

Hungary’s foot-dragging on Russian oil crashes into reality

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-foot-dragging-russian-oil-crashes-reality-croatia-sanction/ 

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Trump orders Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing nuclear weapons (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/30/trump-nuclear-weapons-testing-russia-poseidon-drone/ 

Donald Trump claims victory after ‘amazing’ trade talks with Xi Jinping (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/10/30/trump-xi-meeting-south-korea-trade-war/ 

Geert Wilders’ Dutch PM hopes in tatters (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/29/geert-wilders-hopes-of-becoming-dutch-pm-in-tatters/ 

Exploding Shahed drone toys sold to Russian children (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/30/exploding-toy-replicas-of-drones-sold-to-children-russia/ 

Ukraine is bracing for the harshest winter since 2022 (Tomorrow’s Affairs):

https://tomorrowsaffairs.com/ukraine-is-bracing-for-the-harshest-winter-since-2022 

Red hands and pig heads: Russia’s plan to destabilize France goes on trial (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/article/red-hands-and-pig-heads-russias-plan-to-destabilize-france-goes-on-trial/

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Link here: https://youtu.be/Mw_lWhp-flU

Questions from the audience are answered in the podcast version, below:

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DKehIQCz24eKK73xjP2e8 

CONTENT REFERENCED

Battle Lines: Global Health Security episode on bioweapons:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/battle-lines-global-health-security-podcast/ 

The motorway that could save Nato from Putin’s aggression (David Blair in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/27/motorway-save-nato-putin-aggression/ 

US to Remove Brigade From Romania, Sources Tell Kyiv Post (Kyiv Post):

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63159 

U.S. intelligence agencies see no sign Russia is ready to compromise on Ukraine (NBC):

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/us-intelligence-agencies-see-no-sign-russia-ready-compromise-ukraine-rcna239645 

A Russian Ka-52 helicopter shot down by "friendly fire” (The Insider):

https://theins.ru/news/286277

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Ukraine floods Russian troops in dam strike (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/27/russian-troops-cut-off-flooding-ukraine-hits-belgorod-dam/ 

Inside Ukraine’s fortress belt, where Nato doctrine no longer applies (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/27/trump-freeze-frontlines-trouble-ukraine/ 

Western drones are underwhelming on the Ukrainian battlefield (The Economist):

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/23/western-drones-are-underwhelming-on-the-ukrainian-battlefield 

Russian army committing murder in Ukraine: Independent rights commission (UN report):

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/10/1166189

Kyiv wants to cash in on OnlyFans creators’ unpaid taxes. There’s just one problem: making porn is illegal in Ukraine (Meduza):

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/08/turning-me-into-a-criminal 

Ukraine's OnlyFans Paradox: Tax the Sin, Punish the Sinner (Iuliia Mendel’s Substack):

https://iuliiamendel.substack.com/p/ukraines-onlyfans-paradox-tax-the 

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Зверніть увагу: у цьому епізоді є тривожні аудіозаписи з моментів обстрілу Києва, зокрема звуки наближення дронів.

Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

WATCH OUR SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE

Link here: https://youtu.be/Mw_lWhp-flU

Questions from the audience are answered in the podcast version, below:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-putin-could-strike-london-in-90-minutes-russias/id1612424182?i=1000733450202 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DKehIQCz24eKK73xjP2e8 

LINKS

Serhii Plokhy’s new book, ‘The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival’:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nuclear-Age-Epic-Power-Survival/dp/0241582865 

Three killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/26/three-killed-in-russian-strikes-on-kyiv-ukraine-putin-war/ 

‘Will I die?’ Moment nursery children rescued after Russian strike (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/25/will-i-die-moment-nursery-children-rescued-russian-strike/ 

Russia’s latest attempt to woo the US reeks of desperation (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/27/kirill-dmitriev-russia-donald-trump-marco-rubio-putin/ 

Russians circling around Trump to sway his mind, warns key ally (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/25/russians-circling-around-trump-to-sway-his-mind-key-ally/ 

At least 250 Russians in Pokrovsk, Ukrainian troops walk 10-15 km to reach positions (Ukrainska Pravda):

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/10/24/8004333/ 

Europe’s Plan B for Ukraine (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/Europes-Plan-B-for-Ukraine/ 

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Francis’s Article on Ukrainian Fashion:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/ukraine-fashion-show-london-war-francis-dearnley/ 

EU’s €140bn Ukraine loan plan derailed (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/24/belgium-derails-european-union-plans-ukraine-loan/ 

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Trump’s sanctions put him on a warpath with Russia, says Medvedev (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/10/22/trump-russia-oil-sanctions-putin/ 

Bodies strewn across Pokrovsk reveal horror of Russian war crimes (Memphis Barker in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/22/bodies-strewn-pokrovsk-horror-russian-war-crimes-ukraine/ 

The man with the worst job in Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/23/man-with-worst-job-in-ukraine/ 

Russian commander ordered troops to shoot Ukrainian civilians near Pokrovsk, radio intercept suggests (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-commander-ordered-troops-to-kill-civilians-in-pokrovsk-hur-intercepted-call-says/ 

U.S. Lifts Key Restriction on Ukraine’s Use of European Long-Range Missiles (Wall Street Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-lifts-key-restriction-on-ukraines-use-of-western-long-range-missiles-5a15c12d?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_1 

How tanks are evolving in Ukraine (New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-drones-tanks-military.html 

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Putin defies Trump to wreck Ukraine peace talks (Connor Stringer and Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/21/trump-no-longer-plans-meet-putin-hungary 

Ukraine strikes Russia with British Storm Shadow missiles (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/22/british-storm-shadow-missiles-strike-russia-chemical-plant/ 

Germany wants to use Iceland as a logistics base for the Navy (Hartpunkt):

https://www.hartpunkt.de/pistorius-sieht-island-als-logistik-basis-fuer-die-marine/ 

Europe and Ukraine Prepare 12-Point Proposal to End Russia’s War, Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/europe-and-ukraine-prepare-12-point-proposal-to-end-russia-s-war

ЭМПАТИЯ МАНУЧИ Мария Львова-Белова: развод, свадьба, дети, Гаага

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_iZqjkjBVI

The War of Sound, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/The-War-of-Sound/

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Putin ‘should only be allowed to travel to Hungary if he agrees to a ceasefire’ (The Telegraph): 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/20/putin-travel-hungary-if-he-agrees-ceasefire-russia-ukraine/

How Putin could reach Hungary peace summit without being shot down or arrested (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/17/putin-route-to-budapest-summit/ 

Trapped on the Dnipro, Putin’s troops tried to flee by boat — and were blown apart (Verity Bowman in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/21/russia-putin-dnipro-river-troops-boat-ukraine/

Russian troops handcuffed to trees and left for dead after defying orders (Verity Bowman in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/17/russian-troops-handcuffed-left-for-dead-refusing-orders/ 

Putin sends squads of sick soldiers into Pokrovsk ‘meat grinder’ (Verity Bowman in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/putin-sends-squads-of-sick-soldiers-into-pokrovsk-meat-grin/ 

EU closes in on deal to use Russian frozen assets to fund Ukraine (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-deal-russian-frozen-assets-ukraine-loan-belgium/ 

US is stalling on G7 plan over Russian assets (Bloomberg):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-20/us-is-stalling-on-g-7-plan-to-expand-use-of-russian-assets

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Zelensky offers Trump drones for Tomahawks (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/17/zelenksy-meets-trump-white-house-live-updates/ 

Trump envoy pushes Ukraine to surrender Donetsk to Russia (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/19/trump-envoy-pushes-ukraine-donetsk-russia-war-peace-witkoff/ 

Pete Hegseth’s tie causes diplomatic spat (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/19/pete-hegseth-tie-causes-diplomatic-spat/ 

Trump tells Ukraine: Accept Putin’s demands ‘or be destroyed’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/19/trump-tells-ukraine-accept-putin-demands-or-be-destroyed/ 

Pete Hegseth’s tie causes diplomatic spat (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/19/pete-hegseth-tie-causes-diplomatic-spat/ 

Dutch intelligence services now share less information with US (DutchNews):

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/dutch-intelligence-services-now-share-less-information-with-us/ 

Ukraine’s most prestigious military units are run like businesses: (The Economist): https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/14/ukraines-most-prestigious-military-units-are-run-like-businesses?utm_campaign=shared_article

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LINKS

Francis’s Odesa Documentary featuring Hobart Earle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM 

‘Animals in war’ winners, suggested by listeners:

https://x.com/FrancisDearnley/status/1978856072648499329 

Trump to meet Putin in Hungary (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/16/trump-holds-phone-call-putin-tomahawks/ 

Trump meeting Putin in Budapest is blow to Europe (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/16/trump-meeting-putin-budapest-blow-europe-hungary-orban/ 

North Korean troops helping to direct Russian strikes into Ukraine (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-now-using-north-korean-troops-to-attack-inside-of-ukraine-general-staff/?mc_cid=ccbf455194&mc_eid=08d0680a95 

How Vladimir Putin’s history rant in Alaska nudged Donald Trump closer to Ukraine (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/7af3b49e-c4da-405b-8199-3e12957b78c2 

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group 

Crowds in St Petersburg sing about overthrowing Putin (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/15/crowds-sing-banned-song-overthrowing-putin-st-petersburg/ 

Trump plans victory fund for Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/15/trump-plans-victory-fund-for-ukraine/ 

Ukraine Is Starving Russia of Oil (Michael Bohnert in The Wall Street Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ukraine-is-starving-russia-of-oil-de6ca866 

Russia Isn’t Done With Syria (Hanna Notte in Foreign Affairs):

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/russia-isnt-done-syria

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LINKS

UDCG Livestream Press conference Livestream info on NATO website: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/events_67375.htm

Mexican and Colombian drug cartels infiltrate Ukrainian military

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/14/drug-cartels-learn-modern-warfare-ukrainian-front-lines/

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Trump: Now let’s end the Ukraine war (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/13/trump-threatens-putin-sending-tomahawks/

Frontline report: Ukraine’s kill zone takes shape in Sumy Oblast—Russians trapped in Yunakivka say hope is gone (Euromaidan):

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/12/frontline-report-ukraines-kill-zone-takes-shape-in-sumy-oblast-russians-trapped-in-yunakivka-say-hope-is-gone/

UN CONVOY CAME UNDER ATTACK WHILE DELIVERING AID TO A FRONT-LINE COMMUNITY IN THE KHERSON REGION (United Nations):

https://ukraine.un.org/en/303211-un-convoy-came-under-attack-while-delivering-aid-front-line-community-kherson-region

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Learn more about the Dickin Medal - the animals’ Victoria Cross:

https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal 

Trump gave specific intelligence to Ukraine for strikes on Russian energy (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/12/trump-shares-intelligence-ukraine-strike-russian-energy/ 

Putin: Trump’s too good for the Nobel Peace Prize (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/10/donald-trump-loses-out-on-nobel-peace-prize-2025/ 

Melania Trump: I convinced Putin to send Ukrainian children home (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/10/10/melania-trump-putin-children-families/

Tomahawk missiles successfully used against Russian air defense in Syria (Interfax):

https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1111914.html 

Senate Passes Bipartisan $925 Billion Defense Policy Bill (New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/senate-passes-bipartisan-925-billion-defense-policy-bill.html

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Putin is losing the war, so prepare for escalation (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/10/putin-is-losing-the-war-so-prepare-for-escalation/ 

China unveils sweeping rare-earth export controls to protect ‘national security’ (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/c4b2c5d9-c82f-401e-b763-bc9581019cb7?sharetype=blocked 

Russia's industrial titans furlough workers as its war economy stalls (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-industrial-titans-furlough-workers-its-war-economy-stalls-2025-10-09/ 

Ukrainian Icon Finds Safe Haven In Aldershot (UK Army):

https://shorturl.at/bsIFs 

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Harvard Harris Poll:

https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/HHP_Sep2025_KeyResults.pdf?fbclid=IwRlRTSANToABleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnA9xoXt2SpxYCCBdJuO4g1UGgT821G0bM4XTQX4lCD5fhcBSb0r7HRSOiHN_aem_-xXfOwXzlIzGw9Sm8ooWJA

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LINKS

Francis and Dom’s Video Documentary on Odesa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM 

Kremlin’s anti-West propaganda film makes just £845 at box office (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/07/russian-propaganda-film-flops/ 

Chris O tweet on Russian recruitment:

https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1975617573946585577 

EU pressure builds on Belgium to allow use of Russia’s frozen assets (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/6c2dace9-a3be-485a-bf79-59e361709764 

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LINKS

The mini-missiles designed to ram Putin’s drones out of the sky (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/04/mini-missiles-swedish-defence-system-russia-putin-drones/ 

The West is waking up to the Russian drone onslaught (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/05/the-west-is-waking-up-to-the-russian-drone-onslaught/ 

Former Soviet media executive among Russia’s suspicious suicides (The Times):

https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/vyacheslav-leontyev-pravda-soviet-death-czsq0ljn6 

ISW map on Tomahawk ranges:

https://understandingwar.org/map/russian-military-and-security-service-objects-within-range-of-tomahawk-cruise-missiles-in-the-russian-federation-control-of-terrain-assessment-as-of-october-3-2025/ 

Thales arms maker delivers new missiles to Ukraine designed to take out Russian drones (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/thales-arms-maker-delivers-new-missiles-to-ukraine-designed-to-take-out-russian-drones/ 

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

‘The Battle for Odesa: Ukraine's Culture War’ (Francis & Dom Video Documentary):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM 

Europe is facing its ‘Pearl Harbor moment’ (Landbergis in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/05/europe-faces-pearl-harbor-moment/ 

Georgia’s presidential palace ‘attacked’ after pro-Russia party’s win (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/05/georgia-protests-presidential-palace-georgian-dream-tbilisi/ 

Santander hires former head of British Army (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/06/santander-hires-former-head-of-british-army/

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Francis’s Video Documentary ‘The Battle for Odesa: Ukraine’s Culture War’ -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HqbQLYGMM 

Fears US shutdown will delay weapons shipments to Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/02/us-shutdown-weapons-shipments-ukraine/ 

Let Nato jets pursue Russian intruders across borders, urges Estonia (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/03/estonia-natos-disjointed-air-defence-failing-to-deter-putin/ 

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Adelie’s interview with mother of Ukrainian child adopted by Putin ally:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nato-and-russia-edge-closer-to-standoff-exclusive/id1612424182?i=1000728072996

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qaTQOZyq5jVUK1B2U7Cqh 

US ‘to provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range strikes in Russia’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/02/us-ukraine-intelligence-long-range-strikes-russia/ 

Russian missile upgrade outpaces Ukraine’s Patriot defences (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/078b8e70-a58c-47cc-b573-598850dd5685 

Baltic Defences Compared (Eesti Ekspress):

https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/120403794/baltic-defences-compared-the-enemy-is-the-same-but-the-preparations-and-considerations-very-different

Ukraine hacks Crimea proxy head, uncovers child abduction files, intelligence source says (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-hacks-crimea-proxy-uncovers-child-abduction-files/

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Leaders press to reshape EU under Putin’s aggressive shadow:

https://www.politico.eu/article/leaders-press-to-reshape-eu-under-vladimir-putin-russia-aggressive-shadow/

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Unmanned killer submarines can win war for Ukraine, says Gen Petraeus

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/30/unmanned-killer-submarines-win-war-ukraine-general-petraeus/

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DAVID KNOWES FUNDRAISERS:

KHARPP (Ada Wordsworth’s in Ukraine):

https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowles 

British Heart Foundation:

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowles 

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Each week, Dom Nicholls and Francis Dearnley answer your questions, provide recommended reading, and give exclusive analysis and behind-the-scenes insights – plus maps of the frontlines and diagrams of weapons to complement our daily reporting. It’s free for everyone, including non-subscribers.

CONTENT REFERENCED:

Pro-EU party wins Moldova election against Russian-leaning rival (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/29/moldova-election-results-pro-eu-pas-party-wins/ 

Why Ukraine is winning the war (Harari in The Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/2a4d7883-e9b5-4a98-b245-76232e70d3df?sharetype=blocked 

Exclusive: Russia has secret war drones project in China (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-has-secret-war-drones-project-china-intel-sources-say-2024-09-25/ 

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Our sister podcast ‘Battle Lines’ on the Moldovan Election:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/podcasts/battle-lines/ 

With Trump back on side, Ukraine is turning the tables on Russia (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/24/how-ukraine-is-turning-the-tables-against-a-weakened-russia/ 

The gaping hole in Europe’s drone defences (James Rothwell in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/25/hole-europes-drone-defence-russia-hungary/

Video: https://youtu.be/FccpDJxb0vY?si=cc6gB-5EJTW2c24l 

How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe (BBC):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g5kl0n5d2o

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Zelensky’s Speech at the UN:

https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vistup-prezidenta-pid-chas-zagalnih-debativ-generalnoyi-asam-100349 

How Zelensky’s Charm Offensive Reversed Trump’s Skepticism on Ukraine (Wall Street Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/world/how-zelenskys-charm-offensive-reversed-trumps-skepticism-on-ukraine-3818cab4?mod=hp_lead_pos9 

Francis’s Wiesbaden Panel on Drone Evolution and AI:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VL3bJO9Qsc 

Europe’s defence giants rise by £8bn after Trump backs Ukraine (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/24/europe-defence-giants-rise-by-8bn-trump-backs-ukraine/

MoU US-UK Regarding the Technology Prosperity Deal (White House):

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/memorandum-of-understanding-between-the-government-of-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-government-of-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-regarding-the-technology-prosperity-de/ 

Sources Mentioned by Jade (Discretion Advised):

https://t.me/ab3army/5961 

https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/civilian-detainees-subjected-to-troubling-patterns-of-torture-and-ill-treatment-since-russia-s-full-scale-attack-on-ukraine-un-report?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

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А далі, вперше у світі - інтерв’ю з українською жінкою, чию викрадену доньку всиновив у Росії один із соратників Путіна. Вона розповідає про свою боротьбу, щоб повернути її.

Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Trump tells Ukraine: Take back all your land... then go further (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/15/americans-lured-russias-anti-woke-visa/

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Francis’s Video Dispatch on Russian Interference in Moldova:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZC5FvDt-u0 

Revealed: Putin’s Secret Plan to Hack Moldova’s Pivotal Election (Bloomberg):

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/moldova-elections-russia-s-plan-to-hack-the-vote?srnd=undefined 

The tiny Swedish island regiment tasked with protecting Europe from Russia (Venetia’s Dispatch on Gotland):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/17/the-tiny-swedish-island-regiment-tasked-protecting-europe/

Britain will ‘confront’ Russian fighter jets (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/22/britain-will-confront-russian-fighter-jets/ 

Estonia open to hosting British nuclear-capable fighter jets (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/23/estonia-open-to-hosting-british-nuclear-weapons/ 

Russia presses global aviation gathering to ease sanctions over safety concerns (Reuters):

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-asks-un-aviation-agency-icao-ease-sanctions-over-safety-concerns-2025-09-22/

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Our panel includes General Sir Richard Barrons, former head of UK Joint Forces Command and latterly one of the authors of Britain’s Strategic Defence Review, and Orysia Lutsevych, head of the Ukraine Forum at the Chatham House think tank.

Tickets are open to everybody and can be purchased at: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainelive 

CONTENT REFERENCED:

Francis Farrell’s reporting at The Kyiv Independent:

https://kyivindependent.com/author/francis-farrell/ 

Intervision: Putin’s rival to Eurovision (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/20/intervision-putins-version-of-eurovision/ 

Putin prepares to tax Russia’s rich as war chest runs dry (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/19/putin-prepares-tax-russias-rich-war-chest-runs-dry/ 

EU brings forward Russian gas ban after pressure from Trump (Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/19/eu-brings-forward-russian-gas-ban-after-pressure-from-trump/ 

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LINKS

CHARITIES IN DAVID KNOWLES’ MEMORY:

KHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser:

https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowles

British Heart Foundation fundraiser:

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowles

MI6 puts out call to aspiring spies on dark web (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/18/mi6-puts-out-call-to-aspiring-spies-on-dark-web/ 

Assassin disguises himself as old woman in ‘Ukrainian bomb plot’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/18/ukrainian-old-woman-disguise-assassination-plot-fsb-russia/ 

Putin ‘rewards Kim Jong-un with nuclear submarine reactors’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/18/vladimir-putin-kim-jong-un/ 

How my face ended up on a Russian propaganda site (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/14/how-my-face-ended-up-on-a-russian-propaganda-site/ 

What the resignation of technocrat Dmitry Kozak tells us about power in Russia (The Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/what-the-resignation-of-technocrat-dmitry-kozak-tells-us-about-power-in-russia/ 

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LINKS

The West must impose a no-fly zone on Ukraine now, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/14/the-west-must-impose-a-no-fly-zone-on-ukraine-now/

New sanctions and frozen Russian assets are potential game changers — but only if Kyiv’s allies make use of them, Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-14/russia-s-frozen-assets-can-pay-for-ukraine-s-weapons

War Child and Save Ukraine Return Every Child Report

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7we60360cypnpkol8wwok/ADD7W9aghthwtTXqAqQHDxg?rlkey=d04jzoaylwp4tg5xqu1fk6t1u&e=1&st=owtn7mtc&dl=0

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Exclusive: Russia close to cutting oil output due to drone attacks, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-close-cutting-oil-output-due-drone-attacks-sources-say-2025-09-16/

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LINKS

The Mad and the Brave: The Untold Story of Ukraine’s Foreign Legion (by Colin Freeman):

https://amzn.eu/d/cdTjXfu 

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LINKS

Danish govt intends to disregard laws and regulations to build a Ukrainian weapons factory in Denmark

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/med-ny-magt-i-haanden-vil-regeringen-se-bort-fra-over-20-love-og-regler-bygge

‘Opinion is shifting towards this idea,’ says Polish FM Sikorski on NATO closing the sky over western Ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/in-an-interview-in-kyiv-polish-fm-sikorski-reflects-on-russias-drone-attack-on-his-country-natos-response-and-the-shifting-alliance-with-ukraine/

Putin's clash with Russia's top banker shows increasing disconnect over war economy, experts say

https://kyivindependent.com/putin-top-banker-clash-over-russias-technical-stagnation-as-war-costs-mount/

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LINKS

Trump’s vengeance against CIA ‘is blinding US to Putin’s threat’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/12/donald-trump-vengeance-cia-blinding-usa-threat-putin-russia/

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

Russian drones were ‘targeting Nato base in Poland’’, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/11/russian-drones-targeting-nato-base-in-poland/

Is Nato sliding towards war with Russia?, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/nato-sliding-towards-war-with-russia/

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LINKS:

Nato engages Russia for first time (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/nato-russia-drones-shot-down-poland-fighter-jets/ 

Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog on Poland Crisis:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/10/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-drones-poland-nato/ 

Manufacturing Impunity: Russian Information Operations in Ukraine — Russia’s Use of Information Alibis and How They Materially Contribute to the Planning, Execution and Cover-up of International Crimes (Global Rights Compliance, in collaboration with the leading advocacy organisation The Reckoning Project):

https://globalrightscompliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Manufacturing-Impunity.pdf 

‘NATO States Have Failed’ (Phillips O’Brien Substack):

https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/nato-states-have-failed 

For the first time in 10 years, Ukraine and Poland exhumed and reburied the victims of the Volyn tragedy (Babel):

https://babel.ua/en/texts/121230-for-the-first-time-in-10-years-ukraine-and-poland-exhumed-and-reburied-the-victims-of-the-volyn-tragedy-the-archaeologist-and-historian-says-this-is-a-breakthrough-in-the-relations-between-the-countri

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Переклали: Альона Гливко та Микола Кузьмін, St James’s Foreign Policy Group

War Child Report -

https://www.warchild.org.uk/our-work/policies-and-reports/return-every-child

KHARPP (Ukraine) fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:

https://donorbox.org/kharpp-fundraiser-in-memory-of-david-knowles

British Heart Foundation fundraiser in memory of David Knowles, creator of ‘Ukraine: The Latest’:

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/bhfteamdavidknowles

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