Kyiv hit by longest air-raid alert since war began & frontline troops test rifle-wielding robots

Day 1,644.
Today, after Kyiv endured the longest period of air raid alerts since the start of the war – and yes, we do mean 2014 – Ukrainians get back to their new normal: recovering family memories from the ashes of destroyed homes and grabbing a morning coffee amid shattered glass. Ukraine reorganises its Donbas defence, whilst also wiping out another long range Russian bomber, deploying brand-new US military kit and answering the question we’ve all been wondering: can you have too many Kalashnikovs mounted on a single robot? And later, we’re in London’s iconic St Paul’s cathedral, talking, and listening, to the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.

NOTE: Monday is a Bank Holiday in the UK, so there will be no episode. Normal service will resume on Tuesday.

Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Sophie O’Sullivan (Telegraph Journalist)
Lilian Fawcett (Telegraph Journalist)
With thanks to the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.

Producer: Rachel Porter
Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan
Social Producer: Tom Steed
Studio Director: Meghan Searle
Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley
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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Learn about the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra:
ukrainianfreedomorchestra.org

Trump Says Russia Will Not Attack NATO (Kyiv Post)
kyivpost.com/post/83238

EU states revive plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine (Financial Times) ft.com/content/6d272811-8d26-46f0-ae24-abed61a…

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• Kyiv hit by longest air-raid alert since war began
• Frontline troops test rifle-wielding robots
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