# 'Out of ideas' Putin rains missiles on Ukraine as Russia loses momentum on battlefield Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/out-of-ideas-putin-rains-missiles-on-ukraine-as-russia-loses-momentum-on-battlefield Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/out-of-ideas-putin-rains-missiles-on-ukraine-as-russia-loses-momentum-on-battlefield.md Podcast: [Ukraine: The Latest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588) Published: 2026-06-02T17:23:26+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ukraine-the-latest/episodes/out-of-ideas-putin-rains-missiles-on-ukraine-as-russia-loses Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/e/6a1f05e3a5a56cd151046fe1/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/episodes/out-of-ideas-putin-rains-missiles-on-ukraine-as-russia-loses-momentum-on-battlefield Duration seconds: 2226 ## Resource Day 1,558. Today, as more civilians across Ukraine are murdered by Russia in the latest mass aerial attack we look to the US for a response, given Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week that Russia planned only to strike Ukrainian "decision-making centers". We ask, again, when the United Nations is going to take a meaningful interest in the war, and look at the continuing diplomatic spat between Ukraine and Poland. And later, we examine possibly the most consequential election for Putin in years: this weekend’s contest in Armenia and a, perhaps surprising, intervention by Donald Trump. Contributors:  Dom Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X. Venetia Rainey (Telegraph journalist and host on Iran: The Latest). @venetiarainey on X. James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @Jkjourno on X. Producer: Phil Atkins Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan Social Producer: Katie Inglis Studio Director: Meghan Searle Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley Created by David Knowles NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE: Every episode is now available on our YouTube channel shortly after the release of the audio version. You will find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@UkraineTheLatest    CONTENT REFERENCED: Listen to our sister podcast, Iran: The Latest: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/iran--the-latest/ Read the Irish Times’ coverage of the Aughinish Alumina story: https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/aughinish-alumina/ Magyar signals Ukraine reset ahead of expected talks with Zelenskyy next week (Politico) https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-peter-magyar-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-upcoming-talks/ Danish shipyard still servicing LNG tankers for Russia trade (Financial Times)… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/episodes/out-of-ideas-putin-rains-missiles-on-ukraine-as-russia-loses-momentum-on-battlefield/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/out-of-ideas-putin-rains-missiles-on-ukraine-as-russia-loses-momentum-on-battlefield.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.