Day 1,337.

Today, after Vladimir Putin defied Donald Trump to wreck the proposed Budapest peace talks, we report how overnight attacks ended with children having to be evacuated from a burning kindergarten in Kharkiv after it was hit in a Russian drone strike. Plus, British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles hit their targets in Russia and, later, we hear about how for civilians in Ukraine, learning the specific sound of drones can be a matter of life or death… and how their buzzing can stay with survivors a long time after the attack.

Please note, this episode features real sounds of drones from the frontline.

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.

Kieran Kelly (Foreign Reporter).

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CONTENT REFERENCED:

Putin defies Trump to wreck Ukraine peace talks (Connor Stringer and Joe Barnes in The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/21/trump-no-longer-plans-meet-putin-hungary 

Ukraine strikes Russia with British Storm Shadow missiles (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/22/british-storm-shadow-missiles-strike-russia-chemical-plant/ 

Germany wants to use Iceland as a logistics base for the Navy (Hartpunkt):

https://www.hartpunkt.de/pistorius-sieht-island-als-logistik-basis-fuer-die-marine/ 

Europe and Ukraine Prepare 12-Point Proposal to End Russia’s War, Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/europe-and-ukraine-prepare-12-point-proposal-to-end-russia-s-war

Russia’s Lvova-Belova Admits to Kidnapping Ukrainian Orphan to Russia Despite His Resistance

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russias-lvova-belova-admits-to-kidnapping-ukrainian-orphan-to-russia-despite-his-resistance-12679

The War of Sound, The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/The-War-of-Sound/

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