Day 1,307.

Today, as the UN Security Council debates Russia’s latest airspace violations, we ask why Estonia held fire – unlike Turkey in 2015 – before hearing frontline perspectives from Ukrainian soldiers with The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell, and exploring Russia’s answer to the Eurovision Song Contest.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

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

Francis Farrell (Report, The Kyiv Independent). @francisjfarrell on X.

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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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Day 1,304.

Today, as President Zelensky claims Ukraine has liberated 160 square kilometers in a 'counteroffensive operation' in Donetsk, we hear live from Istanbul for the final speech of an old spymaster before retirement. Then we bring you another recording from David Knowles, who speaks to a witness to the murders which took place in Bucha, and asks what it takes to document and prosecute a war crime.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Roland Oliphant (Chief Foreign Analyst). @RolandOliphanton on X.

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

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.

With thanks to Wayne Jordash (Global Rights Compliance and Truth Hounds). WayneJordash on X. And special thanks - as ever - to David Knowles (creator of 'Ukraine: The Latest').

Content Referenced:

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/

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/

Which Russian military personnel are behind the murder of a family in Bucha? (Suspilne)

https://suspilne.media/253621-hto-z-rosijskih-vijskovih-stoit-za-vbivstvom-rodini-u-buci-rozsliduvanna/

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Day 1,303.

Today, as Russian troops continue to advance in Kupyansk, bringing fighting inside the city, Ukraine strikes an oil complex more than 800 miles inside Russia. We discuss how NATO would implement a no-fly zone in Ukraine and zoom in on Russian frozen assets. Finally, we hear from Anastasia Dovbnia of Save Ukraine about the latest news on their efforts to bring children back from Russia and the Occupied Territories.

Contributors:

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Reporter and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.

Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondant). @RolandOliphanton on X.

Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former British Army Tank Commander). @HamishDBGon on X.

With thanks to Anastasiia Dovbnia (Save Ukraine). @SaveukraineUs on X.

Content Referenced:

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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

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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