Ukraine 'expands Dnipro bridgehead' & Russia launches major drone attack on Kyiv

Day 665.

Today, we bring you the news from across the front lines, discuss the latest on sending cars to Ukraine from London, and we hear a dispatch from Francis Dearnley who took a microphone along to the Ukrainian Institute of London a week before Christmas.  

Contributors:

David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on Twitter.

Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.

Danielle Sheridan (Defence Editor). @SheridanDani on Twitter.

Colin Freeman (Foreign Correspondent). @colinfreeman99 on Twitter.

Richard Lofthouse (Journalist). @richloft on Twitter.

Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.

With thanks to the band Eco-war, for playing us out.

Charities: We have spoken to many charities this year - from Vans Without Borders, to GP Now, to KHARPP - and we receive many messages from listeners asking for recommendations of charities they can support. We include a link to the Ukrainian Institute of London's list of charities and organisations they recommend:

https://ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/russias-war-against-ukraine-what-can-you-do-to-support-ukraine-ukrainians/

Many of our listeners have raised concerns over the potential sale of Telegraph Media Group to the Abu Dhabi-linked Redbird IMI. We are inviting the submission of comments on the process. Email salecomments@telegraph.co.uk or dtletters@telegraph.co.uk to have your say.

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