Putin 'will not surrender' territory amid 'most vital week of diplomacy since Second World War'

Day 1,100.


Today, amid more drone strikes on Ukraine and North Korea
deploying new troops, we return to what some are calling one of
the most significant weeks of diplomacy since the Second World
War, as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to
persuade the President to provide a security “backstop” for
Ukraine. Later, we hear a training exercise involving British and
Ukrainian troops, and hear the latest on kidnapped children.





Contributors:


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


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


Venetia Rainey (Co-host of the 'Battle Lines' podcast).
@venetiarainey on X.


Karolina Hird (Russia Deputy Team Lead and Analyst at the
Institute for the Study of War). @KarolinaAHird on X.





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Content Referenced:


Dispatch of British troops training Ukrainian forces (Venetia
Rainey on Battle Lines - our sister podcast):


https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-britain-learnt-from-the-ukraine-war-germanys/id1712903296?i=1000695563357


Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/north-korea-sends-more-troops-to-russia-ukraine/


Macron has ‘no mandate’ to send European troops to Ukraine, says
Meloni (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/giorgia-meloni-european-troops-ukraine-emmanuel-macron/





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