'Retribution' as bomb kills officers in occupied Ukraine & Trump admits Putin ‘doesn't want peace’

Day 1,184.

Today, as Moscow’s Airports are once again shut down by Ukrainian drones, we hear about Chechnan officers apparently assassinated in the occupied territories, as it’s revealed Trump told his European counterparts Putin does not want to end the war. Plus, we hear about the educational challenges faced by refugees, and the evolving nature of civil society in a country at war with the founder of one of Ukraine’s largest foundations.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor for Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Poppy Wood (Education Editor). @poppyeh on X.

With thanks to Serhiy Prytula, founder of the Serhiy Prytula Foundation. @serhiyprytula on X.

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Content Referenced:

Ukrainian children ‘forced’ to study Russian GCSE (Poppy and Francis’s story in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/19/ukrainian-children-forced-study-russian-gcse-in-uk/ 

Special Episode interviewing Ukrainian children:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-childhood-at-war/id1612424182?i=1000704331753 

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SjJ3cUVYiweoChHsvjL6b?si=wH_9X4gQRLyyvGjLfom_Ug 

Learn more about the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation:

https://prytulafoundation.org/en 

Trump Tells European Leaders in Private That Putin Isn’t Ready to End War (Wall Street 

Journal):

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-putin-call-russia-ukraine-83a6ef59

'We don't want this anymore' — Lavrov confirms Russia has no interest in ceasefire in Ukraine (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/we-dont-want-this-anymore-russia-rejects-a-ceasefire-in-ukraine-lavrov-says/ 

Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead while dropping daughter at Madrid school (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/21/ukrainian-father-shot-five-time-madrid/

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