Ukraine: The Latest - the Telegraph's most popular ever podcast

Every weekday the Telegraph's top journalists analyse the Russian invasion of Ukraine from all angles and tell you what you need to know

By David Knowles, Head of Social Media ; Dominic Nicholls, Associate Editor (Defence) ; Francis Dearnley, Assistant Comment Editor ; Louisa Wells, Head of Podcasts and Giles Gear, Senior Podcast Producer 20 April 2023 • 4:54pm

David Knowles, Francis Dearnley, and Dominic Nicholls - the core presenters of the podcast

War in Ukraine is reshaping our world. Every weekday the Telegraph’s top journalists analyse the invasion from all angles – military, humanitarian, political, economic, historical – and tell you what you need to know to stay updated.

With over 60 million downloads, our Ukraine: The Latest podcast is your go-to source for all the latest analysis, live reaction and correspondents reporting on the ground. We have been broadcasting ever since the full-scale invasion began. Since then, it has become the paper’s most popular ever podcast, nominated for many industry awards.

Ukraine: The Latest’s regular contributors are:

David Knowles

David is Head of Audio Development at the Telegraph where he has worked for nearly three years. Previously he worked for the World Economic Forum in Geneva. He speaks French and has reported from Ukraine twice in the last year.

Dominic Nicholls

Dom is Associate Editor (Defence) at the Telegraph having joined in 2018. He previously served for 23 years in the British Army, in tank and helicopter units. He had operational deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland.

Francis Dearnley

Francis is Assistant Comment Editor at the Telegraph. Prior to working as a journalist, he was Chief of Staff to the Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board at the Houses of Parliament in London. He studied History at Cambridge University and on the podcast explores how the past shines a light on the latest diplomatic, political, and strategic developments.

They are also regularly joined by the Telegraph’s foreign correspondents around the world, including Joe Barnes (Brussels), Sophia Yan (China), Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia), Roland Oliphant (Senior Reporter) and Colin Freeman (Reporter).

You can watch our recent special episode recorded in Washington DC, here:

Our special episode reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the invasion can be found here:

Listen to Ukraine: the Latest, The Telegraph’s daily podcast, using the audio player at the top of this article or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast app.