Moscow hoards troops for renewed offensive while Trump continues to extend Putin’s deadline

Day 1,276.


Today, as Ukraine strikes again inside occupied Crimea and in the
Russian Black Sea port of Novorossisk, we report how Moscow
appears to be amassing forces in the north and east. We hear how
Donald Trump has set another two-week deadline to know whether
Putin is serious about peace and we examine what any deployment
of the COTW might look from our reporter who has spent many moons
on the ground in question


Contributors:


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


Svitlana Morenets (Ukrainian journalist and staff writer, The
Spectator). @SvMorenets on X.


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


With thanks to Col. Kevin Jackson, Chief of Staff of the US Army
V Corps.


Content Referenced:


Lavrov: Putin not ready to meet Zelensky


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/22/ukraine-russia-war-putin-zelensky-peace-ceasefire/


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