Exclusive: ‘My face-to-face with Russian prisoners of war’ & Europe ends largest military drill since the Cold War
5/1/202627 min
Day 1,527.
Today, we take you to Lviv and hear an update from Dom’s week in the west of the country – including a visit to a prisoner of war camp and speaking to soldiers who fought for Russia. Then we bring you the latest on strikes by both sides, as Tuapse refinery is hit for the fourth time in a fortnight, before discussing the end of what’s being called the biggest military exercise involving European forces since the end of the Cold War.
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Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Russia's Leningrad Oblast 'now a front-line region,' local governor says (Kyiv Independent):
Venice Biennale jury resigns after row over Russian entry (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/30/venice-biennale-jury-resigns-row-russian-artists/
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Exclusive: ‘My face-to-face with Russian prisoners of war’
- Europe ends largest military drill since the Cold War
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First 90 secondsDominic Nicholls· Host0:00
[intro jingle] The Telegraph.
Hayden0:05
Howdy, howdy ho, and welcome to Fantasy Fanfellas. I'm Hayden, producer of the Fantasy Fangirls podcast and your resident lover of all things Sanderson.
Stephen0:17
And I'm Stephen, your bookish internet goofball, but you can call me the Smash Daddy.
Hayden0:21
And we are currently deep diving Brandon Sanderson's fantasy epic, Mistborn. But here's the catch, Stephen here has not read Mistborn before.
Stephen0:30
That's right, Hayden. So each week you'll get my unfiltered raw reactions to every single chapter.
Hayden0:35
And along the way, we'll do character deep dives, magic explainers, and Stephen will even try to guess what's next. Spoiler alert, he'll be wrong.
Stephen0:42
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Francis Dearnley· Host1:03
[news music] I'm Francis Sternley, and this is Ukraine: The Latest. Today we take you to Lviv and hear an update from Dom's week in the west of Ukraine, including a visit to a prisoner of war camp, speaking to soldiers who fought for Russia. Then we bring you the latest on the strikes by both sides as Tuapse Refinery is hit for the fourth time in a fortnight.