Explosion at Russian base accused of massacre & Denmark to send troops to Ukraine

Day 1,148.


Today, as Ukraine targets the Russian units allegedly responsible
for Sunday’s murderous attack on Sumy, we report how Donald Trump
has backtracked on the amount of money he wants Ukraine to pay
for US support in the war with Russia. Then we speak to our
correspondent who has interviewed Ukrainian commanders about
Russia’s spring offensive.


Contributors:


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


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


Verity Bowman (Foreign Correspondent). @VerityBowman on X.


Hamish De-Bretton Gordon (Former Tank Commander & Chemical
Weapons Expert). @HamishDBG on X.


Content Referenced:


Russia’s summer offensive ‘doomed to fail’ (Verity in The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/11/russian-summer-offensive-doomed-to-fail-ukraine/


Unmasked: The Russian missile brigade slaughtering Ukrainian
civilians (Colin Freeman in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/15/russian-missile-brigade-slaughtering-ukrainians/ 


EU to ban Serbia if president joins Putin’s victory parade (Joe
Barnes in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/15/eu-ban-serbia-if-president-joins-putin-victory-parade/ 


German Leopard 2 tanks flop on battlefield in Ukraine (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/14/german-leopard-tanks-vulnerable-drones-ukraine-artillery/ 


US Softens Minerals Deal (Bloomberg):


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/us-softens-calls-for-ukraine-to-pay-back-aid-in-minerals-deal-talks 


Denmark to send unarmed soldiers to Ukraine for drone warfare
training (Kyiv Independent):


https://kyivindependent.com/denmark-to-send-unarmed-soldiers-to-ukraine-for-drone-warfare-training/


India offers cheap loans for arms, targeting Russia's traditional
customers (Reuters):


https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-offers-cheap-loans-arms-targeting-russias-traditional-customers-2025-04-16/


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