Drone boats blow up Russian oil tankers & missile blitz leaves 600,000 without power
Ukraine: The Latest
Miami talks and profit motives
Adélie and Francis examine Miami talks and a Wall Street Journal report on profit-driven US approaches.
Day 1,376.
Today, after a fresh round of talks between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Miami, we examine a new investigation exposing the Trump administration’s profit motives behind the emerging proposals. We then assess the resignation of Andriy Yermak, formerly Zelensky’s right-hand man, and the unexpected intervention of former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi – viewed as preparing for a presidential run after the war. Afterwards, we analyse Kyiv’s decision to strike the Russian shadow fleet off the coast of Senegal, and how Europe – and France in particular – is positioning itself for this next, volatile phase.
Contributors
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Valerii Zaluzhnyi: How to defeat Putin and build a better Ukraine (The Telegraph):
Zelensky meets Macron in Paris (The Telegraph Live Blog):
Ukrainian drone boats blow up Russian oil tankers (The Telegraph):
Zelensky’s chief of staff goes to front line after resigning over corruption scandal (The Telegraph):
Kyiv’s new peace talks chief caught in same corruption scandal as ousted predecessor (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/30/ukraine-make-or-break-week-survival-witkoff/
Antony Beevor: For Russia, conspicuous cruelty is a necessary weapon of war (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/30/antony-beevor-interview/
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine (Wall Street Journal):
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290
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