Power outages across Ukraine & US military aid unpacked | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 274.
Today, amid freezing cold conditions we have the latest updates on the power outages across Ukraine after massive Russian strikes. We also discuss the latest US military aid package and look in detail at a grumpy CSTO meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, in the context of Russia’s fast declining influence in Central Asia.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on Twitter.
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[@Video2Webb]

I just have to say that it's hilarious to see the Closed Captions for this video typing out the word 'criminal' every time that the the word 'Kremlin' is used by the brilliantly informative James Kilner. What a fatal transcription by machine that is! Could not be more apt, even if by mistake!

[@benoitbvg2888]

The AI knows.

[@thewomble2351]

Listening from Queensland. Great show as usual. My no.1 for war news. Cheers.

[@charlesrichardson8635]

At least 5 of the women have been identified in photographs with Putin and in other Russian government photos as members of the government. So much for meeting with the people.

[@juliec5309]

Just to add a little comment...in Canada there's a company used to build the bank vehicules. ..they're now making vehicules for Ukraine. They put a feeler out with that information and are employing 25 or 30 Ukrainian refugees at the moment to weld and stuff. It's a win win win. They feel like they're helping in the war effort, they get paid so can send some money back in Ukraine to family and afford to stay here, employer has very motivated staff and the army gets strong vehicules.

[@marioformosa4259]

That will bring electricity to the Ukrainian cities, but avoid the broken bridges and bombed motorways

[@RobBCactive]

That's cool! It reminds me of the WW2 De Haviland planes which used wood and drove Göring crazy 😁

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[@alpinebravo1484]

This is the best news service with regards to the Ukraine war

[@Yobinski4900]

Interesting program, intelligent and professional, Scott from Iowa

[@chrisgreene2623]

The Russian withdrawal from Kherson has baffled many. Analysts who thought this is a sign of an imminent victory for Ukraine were put to shame: it seems that Ukraine with Kherson looks weaker than Ukraine without Kherson. The theme of "Ukraine's great offensive" has clearly fizzled out.

[@iamnoman9325]

Great news .too many ads....

[@OAlem]

I hope those 200 generators are big. That seems like not enough for millions in a blackout.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

It's likely the sort that can power hospitals. Like those large diesel generators that are the size of a van. That is what I had in mind. It better not be 200 small generators that can power a few appliances each. I don't think so. That effort may be secret, but I think the idea may be to create hubs where people can warm, get food, medical care, etc. This seems less straining on the war effort in that it won't require as much effort to supply them vs. distributing 300,000 small generators and the parts and fuel needed to keep them going.

[@OAlem]

@@Chironex_Fleckeri Thanks for answering. I've just pulled this up. Military-grade, ideally. The TEP program consists of a variety of generator set sizes. Small Generators: 2kW Military Tactical Generators (MTG), 3 kW Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG), Small Tactical Electric Power (STEP); Medium Generators: 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 kW TQGs; Advanced Medium Mobile Power Sources (AMMPS), trailer-mounted Power Units and Power Plants; Large Generators: 100-200 kW TQGs, Large Advanced Mobile Power Sources (LAMPS); 840kW Deployable Power Generation and Distribution System (DPGDS); Power Distribution: Power Distribution Illumination System Electrical (PDISE) and Management and Distribution Control (microgrid intelligent power management and distribution). The STEP, AMMPS and LAMPS are the third generation of mobile electric power generation systems and will replace the TQG over time.

[@LumenMichaelOne]

8:10... it is STILL not even CLOSE to enough. The EU is merely dancing around the edges. Nobody there wants to actually do any Heavy-Lifting... The EU/NATO is working Very-Hard and finalising a "Let's Talk and Pretend" engagement mission.

[@marioformosa4259]

What has the EU and NATO got to do with Ukraine?

[@worldclassish]

EU and NATO together authorize a secret mission to stop Putin. He can secretly be sentenced in absentia. None action is acting to late.

[@MrBlaxjax]

There isn’t very much the eu can do except impose sanctions. As for NATO nothing at all for that organisation to do except monitor the situation, condemn the Russians and possibly give information and advice to Ukraine. Basically NATO is a defensive organisation and Ukraine isn’t in NATO.

[@richnewton7411]

@@MrBlaxjax and Billions of Dollars worth of tech and kit to keep fighting the war for the last 6 months and training Ukraine troops in the UK and other places but yeah not much they can do lol

[@sutsokunthealifetv]

Thanks for the news...

[@nigelnorth3280]

Another excellent production, thankyou. But yes, ease off the ads frequency a bit!

[@casparcoaster1936]

dude 12 bucks a month.... for 7 years, no regrets

[@MsSquirl00]

I didnt see any ads. Come to think of it, I dont see any ads on YT at all.

[@suemowat222]

I get them about every 2 minutes

[@jsvz9333]

Thanks again, gentleman! Once again such an informative, fascinating podcast.

[@traintomorrow]

Well personally i think this war is too costly both in terms of Ukrainian lives , and indeed Russian lives , I do not see this weakening the Russians one bit, in fact they are actually becoming stronger , both in terms of their military prowess as their soldiers are becoming hardened and their military techniques better equipped even if they are getting others including the Chinese and Iranians to help them out , and only a fool would discount the Chinese being a major player in this even though openly it is the Iranians getting the blame. The Russians have large stocks of capital in gold etc to buy what they want. The economic war is not hurting them as much as the Yanks make out in fact its hurting us as consumers in the west . Continuing on with this dum war whilst we should be concentrating on climate change is completely folly we need a statesman to sort this out now and get a peace agreement one which is observed instead of Minisk which was not observed , because if it doesn't happen this is going to drag on and on until we go into world war 3 with nukes flying . Even if Putin goes and watching him i see him fairly restrained and a deep thinker , we are likely to end up with more of a hawk who may not be so restrained.

[@APW554]

Russia needs every possible sanction in place until they leave Ukraine and pay for ALL rebuilding work needed. Hopefully these war criminals will be brought to justice soon. Also throw them out of the security council now !

[@vaughanbean1156]

Warm fat Germans (and French) are more important than dying Ukrainians. Ukrainians don't vote.

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[@TheMartymar1976]

Once again, solid reporting, always enjoy listening to this podcast! Greetings to our British cousins from America!

[@lw1zfog]

the torygraph is a state propaganda national joke

[@kylestanley4734]

It occurs to me that there are likely very few countries in the world whose economies have not been affected by the actions of Putin. I really wish the rest of the world would simply consider this an act of economic warfare and react accordingly.

[@carolwilliams8511]

Agree

[@zombified6115]

As a result of the actions of NATO creeping up and attacking Russia and using Ukraine as canon fodder. The United States is behind all harm to world economies, Russia is simply a reliable supplier of natural resources.

[@KbB-kz9qp]

As cities in Ukraine lose electricity, the sanitary water systems will shut down. That, along with substandard heating means diseases like pneumonia and dysentery will arrive, run wild, and millions will need to evacuate the cities. EU countries should be preparing for an influx of at least 5 million people. This will be rough on the weak and the elderly of course, but it is a difficult situation all around. The sooner they start peace talk, the better.

[@mightyrighty1]

Great show but the number of adds is very very off putting

[@carolwilliams8511]

Agree. Very annoying. Didn't used to be so bad

[@polarper8165]

I am curious about drug resistant TB and front line fighters in Ukraine. Especially since Russian prisons are known to have many drug resistant TB deaths. Could this spread?

[@garyswift9347]

question from South Carolina, in the US: Along the line of thought of prosecuting war crimes, can frozen Russian funds be directed toward war reparations? Is there legal precedent for that?

[@RobBCactive]

There are moves being made to allow that, it's part of the reason the European Parliament declared the RF a terrorist state and the UN General Assembly vote to hold the RF liable for reparations. Various countries were impounding luxury yachts and looking at this idea. I am not sure there's a solid legal path, though there's many working on it.

[@CHAUNCEY.GARDNER.]

There is 465 billion Vlad put away,now he can't touch it,just a down payment,Russia knows it's not getting that back,I wonder how much gold they have in EU country's bank???.

[@PeterSedesse]

This was answered by Yellin a few months ago.. and is pretty funny... there is no legal mechanism for the USA to give the money to Ukraine directly. However, what they legally can do is keep the money frozen until such a time that Russia pays an equal amount to Ukraine.

[@jeffreygilbert4967]

Great point!

[@garyswift9347]

@@PeterSedesse Of course it would be something like that. Thanks for the help, and have a great weekend. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that "an equal amount" would be more like a fraction on the dollar.

[@timothykatende8484]

Hungary totally refused to train soldiers and send ammunitions to Russia ...so stop getting excited over a humanitarian aid...even an African country could do that

[@philipa.d.secretan5781]

Extremely interesting as usual.

[@jonathanpersson1205]

I think that the Russian soldiers in Belarus have three purposes. 1 Prevent the current regime from falling 2 training, after spending the winter training in Belarus the Russians will have some competent troops for a summer offensive who havent been demoralised by fighting Ukraine with hopeless odds. 3 threaten Ukraine but not attack in order to tie up Ukrainian forces

[@shooster5884]

If Russia still exists by then. The mother's have mobilized and that movement could snowball over winter. More mobilized soldiers mothers and wives are mobilizing themselves. They actually called out Putin publicly for not having them at the meeting he had with 'mothers' which were all hand picked women instead... Mother's protecting their sons are a formidable army and I'm guessing won't be so easy PR wise for Putin to arrest and jail for protesting!

[@chrisgreene2623]

The Russian withdrawal from Kherson has baffled many. Analysts who thought this is a sign of an imminent victory for Ukraine were put to shame: it seems that Ukraine with Kherson looks weaker than Ukraine without Kherson. The theme of "Ukraine's great offensive" has clearly fizzled out.

[@osric1730]

@@chrisgreene2623 The offensive to retake Kherson has fizzeled out... because Russia retreated and they took Kherson.

[@richardmulcahy1535]

Dear Telegraph, Mr. Nicolls, There is a missing voice in your stellar podcast. the female voice. Better get onto track lads with this.

[@TMM-N]

General winter is coming Next is general Freezing

[@davidaemayhew]

In short, Putin is simply out of date as well as being a monster.

[@scottyd3138]

Love your videos ! Telegraph is fkin top notch

[@samsungtap4183]

Miltary supplies from America is dwindling !

[@juliec5309]

Europeen countries around the border should go full defense on borders would draw more forces away from Ukraine...same with Belarrousse borders...

[@traintomorrow]

oh yeah is there not enough suffering already without escalating into world war !

[@steve-real]

Soviet electrical networks do not match US or European standards as I understand it. It’s going to take a longtime to switch the system over to NATO standard.

[@sigmasix3719]

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[@steve-real]

I think we out to allow Western weapons to hit Russian targets deep into Russia. So Ukraine can fight with both hands.

[@bernarditu]

Great reporting. But too many intrusive ads.some contributors could also improve their enunciation

[@JohnMHill-oi6rb]

Julie C. What is the stock sticker? We can thank them by buying stocks! Speaking of win/win! Just need the sticker, Julie.

[@rockets4kids]

These videos really need chapter markers.

[@livinglifeonlifesterms2450]

Why is it ok for Russia to commit atrocities on civilians and have no retaliation? There has to be a payback. Not to their civilians but towards their military bases and definitely to Belarus

[@jrd33]

NATO is not at war with Russia, and NATO rules prohibit such actions.

[@livinglifeonlifesterms2450]

@John Davis I get that but why can't Ukraine hit targets outside their territory. Just seems like it's fair game when they are deliberately hitting civilian infrastructure. NATO is fighting this war with Russia by proxy.

[@jrd33]

@@livinglifeonlifesterms2450 It's more effective militarily for Ukraine to use its artillery and missiles to target Russian troops in Ukraine. NATO has been reluctant to supply Ukraine with long range weapons due to the risk of escalation so there may be an agreement that Ukraine will not use such weapons against Russia, or at least not target Russian civilian targets. Killing a few Russian civilians doesn't help Ukraine achieve its objectives at all.

[@livinglifeonlifesterms2450]

@John Davis I definitely never advocate intentional civilians being hit. I'm saying hit exactly where the Bombs are being launched and shipped.

[@felipelim4750]

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[@silversurfer9490]

Too many adverts

[@casparcoaster1936]

i pay 12 a mo. never hear one

[@enriquelaroche5370]

Every gallon of fuel used by Generators cannot be used by the Ukrainain Military

[@thomasjamison2050]

Any chance the Telegraph could pay for some public speaking lessons for some of these so called professional announcers?

[@Saleemsan]

I think they're good speakers

[@thomasjamison2050]

@@Saleemsan Well, I , er ah hmmms sniffle well, maybe I er ah uhhhhhhh not really ahhhhhhso sure..

[@bernarditu]

Teaching ESL for over 20 years and I find some commentators very sloppy in their enunciation. Asking for comments from people in Kazakstan is unrealistic. Also the speed at which they speak is not helpful

[@osric1730]

@@thomasjamison2050 That'll be because they're not reading from a script. Its how people talk when they're just chewing the fat.

[@thomasjamison2050]

@@osric1730 Nonsense. Knowing how to speak in a professional manner is simply knowing how to speak in a professional manner, regardless of the circumstance. Even, more to the point, in any situation. It merely requires a bit of concentration and practice. It really isn't a thing at all of difficulty once one accepts responsibility for having a professional manner and presentation.

[@xltoth]

Whaaaaaat ???

[@Balmorax]

There's no video, guys.

[@juliec5309]

It's a podcast

[@Balmorax]

@@juliec5309 is there a way to cast a video into it then?

[@DogeickBateman]

@@Balmorax Get a job

[@Balmorax]

@@DogeickBateman but man, I just want to cast the pod into the audio of this video

[@nian60]

There is never any video.This is a podcast.

[@bastyboy100]

Great reporting. James please stop saying uh and um...really distracting.

[@andrewthompson7867]

Missiles coming from Iran shortly 😢

[@Edo9River]

Francis!!!, What are the pluses and minuses of trying to delist Russia, as long as President Putin is in power, from the UN Security Council?

[@PeterSedesse]

There is no legal way to do it. my guess is nato will force russia to resign from unsc in exchange for sanctions being removed

[@pierrequibell9382]

Could we hear something about what Russian strategy for attack would look like? There are a few american generals on KZbin painting an alternate more bleak view on the war. Russia with several 100,000 troops and the ability to make 'dumb' bombs must be planning an attack somewhere.

[@robbiemitchell1601]

It does seem so. There is of course the build up in Belarus, but I think that is either a feint or a lure, to provoke Ukraine into attacking Belarus. My guess is that any effort is going to be In the Donbas.

[@paulgibbon5991]

At as guess, "throw more conscripts at the problem". This is Russia we're talking about after all.

[@PeterSedesse]

who is training new conscripts? nobody. The russian permanent military has been wiped out. the only real hotspot is near bakhmut and that is wagner. Russia doesnt have the leadership to wage a sophisticated offensive. they will throw conscripts at the front line and use SAMs at civilian targets, but they have no other options.

[@gloriahoulihan8717]

Torture to listen to this with the um um and strange sounds!

[@wynbrown7321]

The propaganda machine is still working overtime.

[@petersh6630]

LMAO

[@thanaphonruchikosai5492]

i name fedric ....

[@515coldfire]

Lol russia doesnt want peace at this point until nato and eu is done. Geez .

[@Robert-hp4ul]

What a lot of fantasy. Infrastructure and power stations etc is the battlefield. Always has been always will be in Europe. Ever heard of WWII? Russia losing? Fantasy.

[@Maja-Danmark]

14:52 lol Dom knows how to keep my attention

[@pilippiwijayamanurung1515]

Ukraine or Russia...?? Or United stated..?? Euro be hind. In the next generation. Or my baby generation. This is Will be a question. What happen(hell).

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[@milosbilic4216]

USA and NATO will not give patriot to Ukr.anians

[@emmanuelmccarthy2187]

Quotes on russian military supplies has been a facetious pursuit.

[@PeterSedesse]

almost everything Russia has used in the past weeks are SAMs.. meant to shoot down airplanes. they arent large enough explosions to hit armored military targets but they can knock down electrical towers.

[@JohnMHill-oi6rb]

I am the sole person responsible for my investments, just the ticker,please. I invest profit from my books, "Strange Associations", and "Echoes of History", which are selling well for ones not advertised. John M. Hill

[@galvinyee6594]

L

[@asknwclips7672]

is this two hours of opinion piece?.....

[@Guidocwerner]

"Analysis"

[@stanleymax4388]

Why couldn't Ukraine just remain neutral to avoid this war?

[@jlf5072]

Victim blaming. Putin doesn't want a free and democratic nation on its doorstep. Ukraine has the right to determine what alliances it wishes to enter into.

[@idicula1979]

I pray only a Russia balkanization will bring a peace to Ukraine. As I am sure a coming victory against Russia in the coming months will do little to stop it from again planning its next aggression.

[@sigmasix3719]

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[@nian60]

Yes, all fascist terrorist orcs out of Ukraine - NOW.