Kyiv rocked by explosions after mass missile attack | Ukraine: The Latest podcast

Ukrainian municipal services workers survey and repair the damage following a missile attack in Kyiv, on March 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian municipal services workers survey and repair the damage following a missile attack in Kyiv - SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images

Today, David Knowles is joined by Associate Editor (Defence) Dom Nicholls and former British army tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon to bring you the latest news from across the battlefront, and friend of the podcast Julia Tymoshenko sends us a dispatch from her shaking apartment building as Kyiv is rocked by missiles.

Plus we hear updates from Brussels from our Europe Editor James Crisp as EU leaders meet, and we speak to Sarah Brown, wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chair of UK charity Theirworld, on their projects for Ukrainian school children.

Listen to Ukraine: the Latest, The Telegraph’s daily podcast, using the audio player at the top of this article or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast app.


War in Ukraine is reshaping our world. Every weekday The Telegraph’s top journalists analyse the invasion from all angles - military, humanitarian, political, economic, historical - and tell you what you need to know to stay updated.

With over 70 million listens, our Ukraine: The Latest podcast is your go-to source for all the latest analysis, live reaction and correspondents reporting on the ground. We have been broadcasting ever since the full-scale invasion began.

Ukraine: The Latest’s regular contributors are:

David Knowles

David is Head of Audio Development at The Telegraph, where he has worked for nearly three years. He has reported from across Ukraine during the full-scale invasion.

Dominic Nicholls

Dom is Associate Editor (Defence) at The Telegraph, having joined in 2018. He previously served for 23 years in the British Army, in tank and helicopter units. He had operational deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland.

Francis Dearnley

Francis is Assistant Comment Editor at The Telegraph. Prior to working as a journalist, he was chief of staff to the Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board at the Houses of Parliament in London. He studied History at Cambridge University and on the podcast explores how the past shines a light on the latest diplomatic, political, and strategic developments.

They are also regularly joined by Telegraph reporters and correspondents around the world, including Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent), James Kilner, (Foreign Correspondent and Editor of the Central Asia & the South Caucasus Bulletin), Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent), Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent), Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent), Colin Freeman (Foreign Correspondent), Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor), and Tony Diver (US Editor).

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