Ukraine: The Latest
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Day 1,511.
Today, as the 50-nation Ukraine Defence Contact Group meets in Berlin just hours after President Zelensky signs a new defence cooperation pact with Germany, we assess the first moves of Hungary’s new prime minister and what they could mean for European support for Ukraine. We then take a deep dive into Russian military tactics and campaign design – including how Moscow consolidates control over occupied territories – with an expert from the Institute for the Study of War.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
With thanks to Karolina Hird of the Institute for the Study of War.
NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE:
Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel shortly after the release of the audio version. You will find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineTheLatest
CONTENT REFERENCED:
Karolina Hird’s Occupation Updates for the ISW:
https://understandingwar.org/people/karolina-hird/
The SBU detained an FSB informant who, while working as a school principal in Kramatorsk, corrected shelling of the city (Ukrainian Government):
17-year-old Lithuanian who won the Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad donated the entire prize to Ukraine (LRT):
Ukraine opens first Africa food supply center in Ghana (Kyiv Independent):
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Contact the team on ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk . We continue to read every message, and seek to respond to as many on air and in our newsletter as possible.
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Previous episodes
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1096 - Russia crippled as ‘meat assaults’ fail in spring offensive & will this be the year Ukraine takes more territory than Moscow? Wed, 15 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1095 - Russian troops ‘surrender to army robots’ in war first & interview with former CIA operative on Putin’s spycraft Tue, 14 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1094 - ‘Disaster’ for Putin as Orbán ousted in Hungarian election landslide Mon, 13 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1093 - Why Putin's 'holiday ceasefire' deal can't be trusted Fri, 10 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1092 - Russia's secret submarine operation in British waters & does the Kremlin no longer fear Donald Trump? Thu, 09 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1091 - Ukraine praises Trump Iran ceasefire: ‘now it’s Russia’s turn’ & Hungary election dispatch Wed, 08 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1090 - Exclusive: British drones destroy Russian-controlled bridge Tue, 07 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1089 - Russian commander: 'only 5% of our soldiers survive assaults' & Putin's army 'rampages' on home soil Thu, 02 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1088 - Exclusive: Trump considering pulling out of NATO & new Russian drone skewers Ukrainian aircraft in mid-air Wed, 01 Apr 2026 - 0h
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1087 - Zelensky offers to help Trump unblock Strait of Hormuz & killing each Russian soldier costs Kyiv ‘under ‘$1,000’ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1086 - Russia ‘helps Iran smash $500m US base’s battlefield nerve centre’ & Ukraine seals historic 10-year Gulf defence pacts Mon, 30 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1085 - Ukraine liberates 440 sq kilometres and nine settlements in two months & Kyiv hammers Baltic oil hubs to wreck Putin’s Iran war windfall Fri, 27 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1084 - Ukraine knocks out 40% of Moscow's oil export capacity in single attack & first ever successful strike on Russian military ship in Baltic Sea Thu, 26 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1083 - Ukraine strikes Russia's Baltic ports after largest air assault of the war Wed, 25 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1082 - ‘Staggering’ Russian losses as ‘tens of thousands of troops’ stall in Putin’s spring offensive & interviewing Ukrainians who fought for Russia Tue, 24 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1081 - Russia loses 7000 troops in 5 days & Putin tells Trump: I’ll stop giving Iran intel if you cut off Ukraine Mon, 23 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1080 - Russia’s deadliest day & Orban ‘gross act of disloyalty’ stalls €90bn Ukraine loan Fri, 20 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1079 - ‘Put Putin on trial’: pro-Kremlin hardliner turns on president & interview with Britain’s leading military expert Thu, 19 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1078 - Russian army suffers highest daily loss of the year & the horror of friendly fire with Hamish de Bretton-Gordon and James Hewitt Wed, 18 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1077 - Mobile internet blackouts sweep Moscow & quizzing ‘Trump whisperer’ Finnish President Alexander Stubb Tue, 17 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1076 - Moscow on lockdown amid largest drone attack of the war & ‘the phone call that saved me from certain death’ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1075 - Trump lifts sanctions on Russian oil as energy prices surge & the ‘leaner, more professional’ partisans in the occupied territories Fri, 13 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1074 - ‘Imminent’ coup rumoured in Russia as Moscow internet cut off & Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children a ‘crime against humanity’, UN says Thu, 12 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1073 - Ukraine drives 10km into occupied territory on two fronts & White House says it 'takes Russia at their word' over Iran intelligence sharing Wed, 11 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1072 - Ukraine liberates 'almost' entire region & Trump to ease Russian sanctions after Putin call Tue, 10 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1071 - Putin pledges ‘unwavering support’ to Iran's new supreme leader & leaked video shows Russian president have coughing fit Mon, 09 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1070 - Nuclear fears as atomic agency warns power plant a ‘direct threat’ & interview with Ukrainian sniper Roman Trokhymets Fri, 06 Mar 2026
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1069 - Pentagon 'asks Ukraine for help' to shoot down Iranian weapons & Putin swells regular Russian army to 2.4 million men Thu, 05 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1068 - ‘Russian-made drones’ fired by Iran as Middle East war escalates & shadow fleet tanker explodes in Mediterranean Wed, 04 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1067 - Ukraine seizes more territory than Moscow in February amid 'extraordinary' Russian casualties & Zelensky offers to save Gulf states – if they stop Putin Tue, 03 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1066 - Putin slams ‘murder’ after US-Israel kill Khamenei & what war in Iran means for ‘humiliated’ Russia Mon, 02 Mar 2026 - 0h
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1065 - Kremlin insider: ‘we don't plan to win the war’ & FSB claims 150,000 Russians used special ‘helplines’ to denounce fellow citizens Fri, 27 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1064 - Missile barrage slams Ukraine & Putin bans recruitment of foreign soldiers to placate allies Thu, 26 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1063 - Ukraine hits 'critical' Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia's Tatarstan & ‘I outran Putin’s blitzkrieg four years ago: he never caught up’ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1062 - Russian troops now being ‘killed faster than Kremlin can recruit’ & world leaders gather in Kyiv to mark fourth anniversary of full-scale war Tue, 24 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1061 - Putin ‘has started World War III’, says Zelensky on eve of invasion’s fourth anniversary Mon, 23 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1060 - Exclusive: Russian commanders charging up to $40,000 to spare soldiers from the frontlines in Ukraine & ‘You’re not evil’: Trump unveils Board of Peace Fri, 20 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1059 - Putin prepares secret rolling conscription & exclusive: the British microchip powering Russia’s missiles Thu, 19 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1058 - Peace talks end in ‘acrimony’ after just two hours & Ukraine recaptures ‘most land since summer 2023’ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1057 - Ukraine ‘scales up offensives’ near Pokrovsk & third round of US-Ukraine-Russia peace talks begin in Geneva Tue, 17 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1056 - Putin ‘moving nuclear missiles’ to EU border & frog poison hit on Navalny reveals secret chemical weapons Mon, 16 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1055 - Ukraine ‘on the offensive’ after Russian Starlink shutdown & fresh peace talks to start in Geneva ‘next week’ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1054 - Ukraine strikes 2,000km deep into Russia in 'longest range strike of the war' & Zelensky accuses Olympics of playing into Putin’s hands after Ukrainian athlete disqualified Thu, 12 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1053 - Zelensky ‘planning election and peace deal referendum’ & Winter Olympics threatens to disqualify Ukrainian athlete over 'remembrance helmet' Wed, 11 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1052 - Rumours of 'Ukrainian counteroffensive' in the south & Japan aligns with NATO to support Ukraine in surprise move Tue, 10 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1051 - Revealed: Trump and Putin’s $12 trillion partnership plan & wargaming a Russian attack on NATO with Lt Gen Ben Hodges, former commander of US Army Europe Mon, 09 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1050 - Top Russian general who ‘orchestrated’ poisonings shot in Moscow & fears of new arms race as US-Russia nuclear weapons treaty expires Fri, 06 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1049 - Putin spends 50% of state budget on military, says intelligence service & Russia tests turning pigeons into drones Thu, 05 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1048 - Trump says Putin ‘kept his word’ over ceasefire after Russia’s ‘most devastating’ strike of winter Wed, 04 Feb 2026 - 0h
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1047 - Putin waits until Kyiv hits -20C before knocking out power with missiles & FIFA president calls for lifting Russia sports ban Tue, 03 Feb 2026 - 0h