Ukraine: The Latest
April 3, 2026
Is US support for Ukraine at risk as the war enters a new phase?
Today, as Donald Trump threatens to withdraw from a key United States initiative that enables allies to purchase American weapons for Ukraine, we analyse new footage of emerging drone technologies on the frontline. We then expose the brutal realities of Russia’s battlefield economy and the corruption sustaining Vladimir Putin’s war effort, and report on record crime rates in Russia since the invasion as returning soldiers strain domestic stability. And later, we hear expert analysis on this pivotal moment in Ukrainian politics.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X. Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz on X.
With thanks to freelance journalist Antonia Langford and Deputy Editor of the Kyiv Independent, Oleksiy Sorokin.
NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE: Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel shortly after the release of the audio version. You will find it here: / @ukrainethelatest
Extracted from Antonia’s harrowing article:
‘Rapists and murderers’ in Russian army rampage while home from front :
“Russia routinely sends men convicted of murder and rape to join the ranks of its marauding army in Ukraine. In October 2025, 49-year-old Alexander Gook, who murdered a 42-year-old mother and her six-year-old child before throwing the bodies into landfill, was released from custody after signing a contract with Russia’s ministry of defence.”
“There is also almost no data available from the occupied territories of Ukraine, where Russian soldiers are likely to feel an even greater sense of impunity in pillaging and committing violent and sexual crimes.”
The suffering of civilians in the occupied territories is off the scale.
Inside ruZZia, “psychopaths, rapists and murderers using the special military operation [the Kremlin’s euphemism for the war] as a cover” to commit “terrible acts with a sense of impunity”.
They will feel a lot more impunity in the occupied territories.
Death and eternal damnation to the putinaZis.
Extracted from Carpe Jugulum’s comment in the DT yesterday:
“The UK will soon be supplying Nightfall ballistic missiles to Ukraine. They have NO American components or data requirements. Trump, who waived sanctions on Russian oil tried to stop Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s Baltic oil export ports. HE is now the hope Putin is clinging to. Zelensky attacked the ports anyway. He has the cards now Trump. Enjoy the mid-terms Trump. And impeachment.”
Also, as Operator Starsky has reported :
Ukraine has its own ballistic missile ; FP9, which is at the final stage of development and can reach Muskovy.