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As Biden visits Ukraine, China’s top diplomat goes to Russia

February 21, 2023 admin

As US President Joe Biden touched down in Ukraine to meet with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, China’s top diplomat was traveling in the opposite direction, on his way…

Ukraine: The Latest

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has dominated world news since tanks, jets and troops first crossed Ukraine’s borders in February 2022. Every weekday, the Telegraph’s top journalists analyse the conflict from all angles.

The team brings you updates on the war and is the most listened to, and award-winning, podcast on the conflict. The team considers military strategy, history, economics, the refugee crisis, Ukrainian culture, and daily life in Vladimir Putin’s autocratic Russia and Volodymyr Zelensky’s democratic Ukraine.

On Ukraine: The Latest, the pre-eminent podcast for Ukraine updates, our correspondents on the ground talk to experts and civilians to cover every aspect of Russia’s brutal invasion.

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Day 962.

Today, further the latest military and political updates, we hear from a colleague of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who has reportedly died in Russian captivity, and from representatives of the British Council to discuss the work of their organisation on the ground in Ukraine.

Contributors:

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

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

With thanks to British Council CEO Scott McDonald & its Ukraine Country Director Colm McGivern and Inna Varenytsia (Journalist). @InnaVarenytsia on X.

Content Referenced:

Putin owes Iran – he may be about to find out how much (James Kilner in The Telegraph) –

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/11/putin-owes-iran-may-find-out-how-much/

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna ‘dies in Russian captivity’ (The Telegraph) –

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/10/ukrainian-journalist-dies-russian-jail/

No war won by single weapon, says No 10 (The Telegraph) –

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/10/starmer-storm-shadow-ukraine-russia-zelensky-nato/

David’s episode on underground schools in Ukraine –

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lessons-in-a-bomb-shelter-going-to-school-in-wartime-ukraine/id1612424182?i=1000662968777

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https://www.britishcouncil.org.ua/en

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