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Feb 2024
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Zelensky says Russia ‘taking advantage’ ...

The Telegraph
About this episode

All this week, our regular hosts David Knowles, Dominic Nicholls and Francis Dearnley are on the ground in Ukraine, conducting major interviews with senior figures, hearing testimony of Kyiv citizens and reporting on the run-up to the two-year anniversary of the full scale invasion.

Day 724.

Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine as Zelensky says Russia is ‘taking advantage’ of Western aid delays and a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine is found shot dead in Spain. We also check in with David, Dom, and Francis in Kyiv.


Contributors:

Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.


Team in Ukraine:

David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.


With thanks to:

Oleksandr Khrebet (Kyiv independent).

Francis Farrell (Kyiv Independent). @francisjfarrell on X.



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