White House texts secret war plans to journalist & frontline soldiers react to Trump’s plans

Day 1,126. Today, following the latest updates from the battlefront, we look at the extraordinary security breach that saw a journalist invited into a secret chat group for Donald Trump’s war cabinet, and then hear about the mood of Ukrainian soldiers at the front. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X. Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X. Gareth Corfield (Transport Correspondent). @GazTheJourno on X. Verity Bowman (Foreign Correspondent). @VerityBowman on X. Content Referenced: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans ( The Atlantic ): https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/ Francis’s Video Interview on Silicon Curtain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25uu4_YHgPQ&t=586s Verity’s Telegraph Pieces: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/v/va-ve/verity-bowman/ Trump cabinet complained about ‘free-loading Europe’ in top secret group chat ( The Telegraph ): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/24/trump-cabinet-complained-free-loading-europe-secret-chat/ Zelensky on Trump, Putin, and the Endgame in Ukraine ( TIME ): https://time.com/7270880/zelensky-trump-putin-ukraine-endgame-interview/ What the Kremlin Wants in New Talks with the U.S. on Ukraine ( The Moscow Times ): https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/23/playing-for-time-what-the-kremlin-wants-in-new-talks-with-the-us-on-ukraine-a88445 NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW LANGUAGES: The Telegraph has launched translated versions of Ukraine: The Latest in Ukrainian and Russian, making its reporting accessible to audiences on both sides of the battle lines and across the wider region, including Central Asia and the Caucasus. Just search Україна: Останні Новини (Ukr) and Украина: Последние Новости (Ru) on your on your preferred podcast app to find them, or click the links below. Listen here: https://linktr.ee/ukrainethelatest Learn more about the tech: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/24/ukraine-the-latest-podcast-russian-ukrainian-ai-translation/ Subscribe: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatest Email: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.