'If you come, I'll kill you' - Ukrainian soldier hacks Zoom call with Russian recruits & weaponing chess in the occupied territories

Day 1,523.


Today, after one of the deadliest bombardments Ukraine has
endured this year, we hear of new Russian infiltration missions
on the frontlines, how a masked Ukrainian soldier crashed a Zoom
call at a Russian military recruitment event – telling students
he would be forced to kill them if they joined the army – and
more evidence that the US seeks to bring Moscow out of the cold
by inviting them to the G20. Then we bring you a special update
from the world of chess, and how names familiar to us – like
Peskov and Shoigu – are involved in the Chess Federation, while
the game is utilised as a tool of control in the occupied
territories.


Contributors:


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


Malcolm Pein (Telegraph Chess Correspondent). @TelegraphChess on
X.


With thanks to the former coach of two chess world champions –
and a Grandmaster himself – Peter Heine Nielsen.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Robot rescues Ukrainian pensioner from front-line village (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/27/robot-rescues-ukrainian-pensioner-front-line-village-russia/ 


I was in the room with Trump as the shots rang out (Connor
Stringer in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/04/26/donald-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner 


Ukrainian soldier crashes Zoom call with Russian recruits (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/24/ukrainian-soldier-crashes-zoom-call-with-russian-recruits/ 


British fighter jets scrambled after Russian strike on Nato
border (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/25/british-fighter-jets-scrambled-after-russian-strike-on-nato/


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 Ukrainian soldier hacks Zoom call with Russian recruits

How chess is weaponised in the occupied territories






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