Exclusive: 72 hours dodging Russia’s ‘drone safari’ in Kherson & Did NATO sink a Russian ship carrying nuclear reactors to North Korea?

Day 1,539.


Today, while Russia unleashes another huge aerial assault across
Ukraine – as President Donald Trump insists the war could end
soon – we examine Kyiv’s race to develop a new weapon and report
on a deadly strike that the United Nations says hit one of its
trucks. Then we bring you the latest from the NATO Eastern Flank
summit in Romania as allies confront mounting fears over regional
security, before looking at an investigation into a sunken
Russian ship that was allegedly carrying nuclear reactors to
North Korea. And later, in a special report from Kherson, a
Telegraph journalist is forced to flee for cover as Russian
drones hunt targets above the city.


Contributors:


Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on
X.


Adrian Blomfield (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @Adrianblomfield
on X.


CONTENT REFERENCED:


I was hunted in Russia’s 'drone safari' in Kherson (Adrian
Blomfield for The Telegraph):


Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQSY6NaPhY 


Long Read:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/72-Hours-in-Kherson-red-zone/ 


Is Ukraine winning the war? The three facets of the 2026
counter-offensive (Dom’s film for The Telegraph incl. discussion
of Kyiv's use of data):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-LWZtJBCwY 


German soldiers attacked at Nato base ‘by masked assailants’ (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/12/german-soldiers-attacked-nato-base-masked-assailants/ 


Zelenskiy meets Palantir CEO as Ukraine expands use of AI in war
(Reuters):


https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-meets-palantir-ceo-ukraine-expands-use-ai-war-2026-05-12/ 


A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been
carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea (CNN):


https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/world/a-russian-ship-sank-in-mysterious-circumstances-it-may-have-been-carrying-nuclear-reactors-to-north-korea 


NATO’s frontline countries jockey for US troops after Trump’s
Germany withdrawal (POLITICO):


https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-frontline-countries-jockey-for-us-troops-after-donald-trump-germany-withdrawal/ 


Contact the team on ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk . We continue to
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HIGHLIGHTS:


-  Exclusive: 72 hours dodging Russia’s ‘drone safari’ in
Kherson


- Did NATO sink this Russian ship carrying nuclear reactors to
North Korea?


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