France seizes Russian shadow fleet tanker & Ukrainian drones dominate skies over occupied cities
6/1/202653 min
Day 1,557.
Today, after a weekend that saw Russian ships hit by drones, hit by drones and hit by drones again, it ended with another Russian ship being seized by abseiling Frenchmen. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s “logistics lockdown” continued, leading to fuel rationing in Crimea and more Russian oil refineries self-sanctioning in very dramatic ways; no wonder Putin’s Finance Minister has said Russia’s spending on the war has gone two trillion rubles over budget.
Contributors:
Dom Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Sophie O’Sullivan (Telegraph journalist).
Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @adeliepjz on X.
With thanks to Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis (Associate Professor of engineering at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction at UCL). @DrMitoulis on X.
Producer: Rachel Porter
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Russia overspends on Putin’s war in Ukraine by $28bn (The Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/93674b5c-06ea-4e49-a005-dc08e1091574?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Inside the schools preparing Ukrainian children for war (The Telegraph)
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Bridge Ukraine: https://bridgeukraine.org/
Meta Infrastructure: https://metainfrastructure.org/
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- France seizes Russian shadow fleet tanker in mission Moscow calls ‘piracy’
- Ukrainian drones dominate skies over occupied cities
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First 90 secondsDominic Nicholls· Host0:00
[intro music] The Telegraph. [upbeat music] I'm Dom Nicholls, and this is Ukraine: The Latest. Today, a weekend that saw Russian ships hit by drones, hit by drones, and hit by drones again ended with another Russian ship being seized by abseiling Frenchmen. Meanwhile, Ukraine's logistics lockdown continued, leading to fuel rationing in Crimea and more Russian oil refineries self-sanctioning in a very dramatic way. No wonder Putin's finance minister has said Russia's spending on the war has gone two trillion rubles over budget.
Speaker 20:39
Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory.
Adelie Pojzman-Pontay· Host0:49
[explosion] The Russians does not want peace.
Speaker 20:51
If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.
Dominic Nicholls· Host1:04
We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for 100 years. Nobody's gonna break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians. It's Monday, the 1st of June, 4 years and 97 days since the full scale invasion began, and today I'm joined by Telegraph journalist Sophie O'Sullivan. Now, the big news in the