'No surrender': Zelensky rebukes Trump-Putin peace plan as missiles pummel Ukraine

Day 1,156.


Today, as Kyiv is hit by the deadliest strikes in almost a year,
we examine Donald Trump’s attack on President Zelensky having
failed to negotiate the peace deal he said would take him only 24
hours. Then we take a deep dive into the Wagner mercenary group
with the author of a new book who says Yevgeny Prigozhin’s outfit
is the logical outcome when a country contracts its soul to a
pitiless militia.


Contributors:


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


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


With thanks to Candace Rondeaux (US journalist, public policy
analyst, and professor of practice at the School of Politics and
Global Studies and a senior fellow with the Center on the Future
of War at Arizona State University). @CandaceRondeaux on X.


Content Referenced:


Candice’s Book, ‘Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and
Russia's Collapse into Mercenary Chaos’:


https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/candace-rondeaux/putins-sledgehammer/9781541703087/?lens=publicaffairs 


Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/24/russia-ukraine-talks-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news/


Trump blames Zelensky for derailing peace talks (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/23/trump-blames-zelensky-derailing-london-peace-talks/


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Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk


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