50,000 fresh Russian troops massing & Germany to help Ukraine make long-range missiles

Day 1,190.


Today, as Ukraine reels from yet another record drone
bombardment, we look at warnings that Russia is massing 50,000
troops near Sumy ahead of a new offensive. Plus we bring you some
of the top lines from Chancellor Friederich Merz’s press
conference with Vlodomyr Zelensky, where he announced that
Germany would help Ukraine build long-range missiles. 


We’ll also be hearing Dom’s interview with Estonia’s defence
minister about Moscow’s shadow fleet and how to protect critical
infrastructure from Russia. And Roland Oliphant reports from
Armenia on the dilemma facing small former Soviet Union states in
the midst of what some politicians there are describing as a
geopolitical earthquake. 


Contributors:


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


Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @@Barnes_Joe on X.


Roland Oliphant (Chief Foreign Analyst). @RolandOliphant on X.


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


With thanks to Hanno Pevkur (Minister of Defence of Estonia).


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Content Referenced:


Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Russia


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/28/ukraine-launches-massive-drone-attack-on-russia/


Ukraine War latest news


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/28/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news529/





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