Trump lashes out at Putin as ceasefire talks stall & America’s secret military partnership with Ukraine

Day 1,132.

Today, as reports surface of Russian attempts to get behind Ukrainian lines in the Donbas by going underground, we assess the impact of Donald Trump’s supposed loss of patience with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, asking how much of the rage is concocted, and we hear more about the experience of women who endured torture at the hands of the Russians.

Contributors:

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

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

David Blair (Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator). @davidblairdt on X.

Verity Bowman (Journalist). @VerityBowman on X.

Content Referenced:

Dom’s Panel at Oxford Literary Festival:

https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2025/april-02/the-russian-threat-why-it-has-grown-and-how-to-fight-back

These Ukrainian women survived Putin’s prisons – now they’re taking revenge (Verity Bowman in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/ukraine-female-prisoners-of-war-russia-putin-prisons/ 

The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html

How British commandos helped bring the CIA into the heart of the Ukraine war (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/31/british-commandos-cia-ukraine-war-zelensky-putin-russia/ 

European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in Nato (Financial Times):

https://tinyurl.com/bd82v98r 

The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says:

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-next-coalition-vows-punish-hungary-viktor-orban-friedrich-merz/ 

Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints (Washington Post):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/secret-pentagon-memo-hegseth-heritage-foundation-china/ 

The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says (POLITICO):

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-next-coalition-vows-punish-hungary-viktor-orban-friedrich-merz/

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