Drone-armed Russian mercenary enters US illegally & US pledges $500 million to Ukraine

Day 1,052 Today, as top diplomat Kaja Kallas claims the EU will be ready to step into the breach if the US withdraws support for Ukraine, we discuss the latest weapon donations at Ramstein and include a dispatch from Kyiv at a drone workshop. Contributors: Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist & narrative podcast producer). @adeliepjz on X. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X. Content Referenced: 'Ukraine's Resilience' event co-hosted by Chatham House in Edinburgh: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/research-event/maintaining-ukraines-resilience Donald Trump pushes back Ukraine war deadline in sign of support for Kyiv (Financial Times): https://www.ft.com/content/989dc02e-2a13-4c21-8ad0-0b32e098c410 Scholz blocks new billion-euro package for Ukraine (Der Spiegel): https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ukraine-krieg-olaf-scholz-blockiert-milliarden-paket-fuer-fuer-kiew-a-15318d4e-bc41-40e1-9a31-1d57409db2d5 Exclusive—Chinese Patents Reveal Aim to Cut Undersea Cables (Newsweek): https://www.newsweek.com/china-conflict-undersea-cables-cutting-internet-data-subsea-marine-baltic-taiwan-2012396 Exclusive: Border Patrol arrests former Russian mercenary near Roma (Valley Central): https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/border-patrol-arrests-former-russian-mercenary-near-roma/ Drone Workshop: For more information, see: https://klyn.io/ Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk