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Ukraine suffers some of deadliest attacks of war & Estonia spy chief says 'revolution could come overnight in Russia’
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Day 1,648.
Today, we hear the latest from the capital as Ukraine suffers one of the deadliest waves of raids of the entire war, with new jet-powered drones wreaking havoc. How will Kyiv and its allies respond? Then, we have exclusive remarks from the head of Estonia’s intelligence service on the likelihood of a large-scale Russian mobilisation – and threats to Putin – as well as an update on what Kyiv’s former Defence Minister Fedorov is up to in Italy.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Sophia O’Sullivan (Telegraph journalist).
Antonia Langford (Freelance Journalist in Kyiv). @Antonialford on X
Producer: Phil Atkins
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan
Social Producer: Tom Steed
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley
Created by David Knowles
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Putin’s bombs destroy millions of school books before new term (Antonia Langford for The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/31/ukraine-russia-putin-kyiv-missiles/
Russia’s new missiles make Ukraine’s ports a no-go zone (Antonia Langford for The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/29/russia-cheap-fast-missiles-cut-ukraine-sea/
Estonia’s spy chief: ‘Russia is in a very bad place – revolution could come overnight’ (David Blair for The Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/29/kaupo-rosin-interview-russia-bad-place-revolution/
Wie Putin den Krieg eskalieren kann. Mit Alexander Stubb (Ronzheimer interview with Alexander Stubb, in German)
Ousted Ukrainian defense chief Fedorov takes advisory role with Italy (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/mykhailo-fedorov-adviser-italy-defense-minister-guido-crosetto/
Kremlin Says Ukraine Peace Talks on ‘Deep Pause’ (Moscow Times)
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/28/kremlin-says-ukraine-peace-talks-on-deep-pause-a93597
Exclusive: Musk opposes allowing Ukraine to use Starlink for strikes on Russia, despite recent media reports, sources say (Kyiv Independent)
Germany plans to blame Russia for Leipzig attack as tensions with Putin escalate (Politico