logo
episode-header-image
Nov 2022
1h 15m

Russian strikes leave millions without p...

The Telegraph
About this episode
tail spinning
Up next
Today
Exclusive: Russia buys ‘holiday homes’ near NATO bases & Putin asks Trump for summit with Xi
Day 1,696.Today, as President Trump says Putin isn’t “doing much” in Ukraine, we hear how the Russian President has sought to make Trump an offer he can’t refuse: a trilateral meeting with him and President Xi of China to settle all family business. Then we bring you a Telegraph ... Show More
38m 13s
Yesterday
Zelensky defies Trump with ‘massive’ raid on sites across St Petersburg
Day 1,695.Today, following the temporary Starlink-Starshield shutdown last week, we reveal how Musk approached President Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the U.S. Ambassador to the EU – following Trump’s last minute executive order to block the bipartisan, Russi ... Show More
48m 50s
Oct 16
Trump: Zelensky is destroying Ukraine & Starlink restored to Ukrainian troops
Day 1,692.Today, as President Zelensky arrives for talks with European leaders in Brussels, Russia embodies the geopolitical equivalent of running to teacher to say big boys took their football, by complaining that Ukraine has hit another one of their oil refineries. Donald Trump ... Show More
47m 5s
Recommended Episodes
Mar 2022
As Russia’s war escalates, a look inside Ukraine and Russia
Clarissa Ward, CNN's Chief International Correspondent, gives Fareed the latest reports from Kyiv. Then, Gennadiy Druzenko, a Ukrainian constitutional scholar turned wartime volunteer, tells Fareed what Ukrainians need on the frontlines. Plus, New York Times Moscow Bureau Chief A ... Show More
39m 4s
Aug 2022
Confessions of a Russian soldier
Russian investigative journalist Ekaterina Fomina speaks to the team about her headline-making interviews with Russian soldiers, one of which admitted committing a war crime.Vitaly, James, and Victoria also talk about how disaster was avoided despite the electricity needed to coo ... Show More
28 m
Mar 2022
"Mommy, will daddy carry a machine gun?"
A full episode on the war in Ukraine. We have stories of refugees and what its been like for Matt Gutman to cover the crisis, how the sanctions are affecting everyday Russians and how you're being fed misinformation from both sides when it comes to social media. Plus, Aaron Kater ... Show More
36m 17s
May 2022
The Battle for the Donbas
Vitaly and Victoria hear from 19 year old Maksym Lutskyi, a soldier fighting in the Donbas where the Ukrainian army is under increasing pressure. He’s aware Russian forces might encircle him any time soon, but says he will fight on regardless. Also, a listener based in Moscow exp ... Show More
37m 35s
Feb 2022
Russia’s View On Ukraine
As the US sends more troops to Eastern Europe, Christiane speaks with Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s ambassador to the EU … Journalist George Packer reviews his gut-wrenching reporting on America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan … Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman tells Miche ... Show More
56m 24s
Sep 2023
On the frontline: One night in Ukraine
We bring you the story of one Ukrainian command post as a patrol runs into chaos on the eastern bank of the Dnipro river, with Anthony Loyd who returned from reporting there last week. Plus, what should we make of the state of the war?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the ... Show More
27m 58s
Apr 2022
From Stalin to Putin: A brief history of Russian autocrats
The Russian military has suffered an unexpected battering, but Putin shows no sign of backing down. What can history teach us about what might happen next?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get o ... Show More
29m 48s
Dec 2022
What happens to Russian soldiers who refuse to fight?
A Russian soldier tells us the danger is "from our side" not from Ukraine. BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg and his team have been talking to families whose loved ones refused to keep fighting. We hear why Georgian soldiers have travelled to Ukraine - their commander explains th ... Show More
28m 11s
May 2022
Russian Soldiers Resign
Stories from the front line. The BBC's Fergal Keane and Olga Ivshina hear from Russian soldiers who have risked their lives on the front line of the war. Why have some of them refused to return? The BBC's Jeremy Bowen speaks to us from a Donbas town which is within artillery rang ... Show More
29m 23s
Aug 2022
Slicing the Sausage: Ukraine’s Upcoming Counteroffensive
<p>In this podcast Dmitri Alperovitch interviews Sergii Grabskyi, a Reserve Colonel in the Ukrainian military, about Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive. Michael Kofman, Research Program Director in the Russia Studies Program at the Center for Naval Analysis, also joins the show ... Show More
53m 7s