'Retribution' as bomb kills officers in occupied Ukraine & Trump admits Putin ‘doesn't want peace’

Day 1,184.


Today, as Moscow’s Airports are once again shut down by Ukrainian
drones, we hear about Chechnan officers apparently assassinated
in the occupied territories, as it’s revealed Trump told his
European counterparts Putin does not want to end the war. Plus,
we hear about the educational challenges faced by refugees, and
the evolving nature of civil society in a country at war with the
founder of one of Ukraine’s largest foundations.


Contributors:


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


Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor for Defence). @DomNicholls on X.


Poppy Wood (Education Editor). @poppyeh on X.


With thanks to Serhiy Prytula, founder of the Serhiy Prytula
Foundation. @serhiyprytula on X.


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Content Referenced:


Ukrainian children ‘forced’ to study Russian GCSE (Poppy and
Francis’s story in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/19/ukrainian-children-forced-study-russian-gcse-in-uk/ 


Special Episode interviewing Ukrainian children:


Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-childhood-at-war/id1612424182?i=1000704331753 


Spotify:


https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SjJ3cUVYiweoChHsvjL6b?si=wH_9X4gQRLyyvGjLfom_Ug 


Learn more about the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation:


https://prytulafoundation.org/en 


Trump Tells European Leaders in Private That Putin Isn’t Ready to
End War (Wall Street 


Journal):


https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-putin-call-russia-ukraine-83a6ef59


'We don't want this anymore' — Lavrov confirms Russia has no
interest in ceasefire in Ukraine (Kyiv Independent):


https://kyivindependent.com/we-dont-want-this-anymore-russia-rejects-a-ceasefire-in-ukraine-lavrov-says/ 


Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead while dropping daughter at
Madrid school (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/21/ukrainian-father-shot-five-time-madrid/





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