# Putin confesses 'problems' in Ukraine war for first time & fuel hoarding sweeps Russia Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/putin-confesses-problems-in-ukraine-war-for-first-time-fuel-hoarding-sweeps-russia Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/putin-confesses-problems-in-ukraine-war-for-first-time-fuel-hoarding-sweeps-russia.md Podcast: [Ukraine: The Latest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588) Published: 2026-06-29T16:56:43+00:00 Episode link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/02/russia-ukraine-war-listen-daily-podcast/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6583012e715d5300169dcdcb/e/6a42a3cb3fa89e3338ab0a64/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/episodes/putin-confesses-problems-in-ukraine-war-for-first-time-fuel-hoarding-sweeps-russia Duration seconds: 2643 ## Resource Day 1,585. After a weekend that saw Ukraine’s Constitution Day celebrated with yet more lengthy queues at petrol stations in Russia and Crimea – a situation not helped by Russian oil refineries continuing to self-sanction – Putin shrugs that these ‘difficult’ days are just a speed bump on the road to inevitable victory. Dom and Francis ponder on Alexander Lukashenko’s slightly odd weekend jaunt to China via Putin’s lakeside retreat in Valdai – at least we now know what all the extra air defence was shipped in for – and ask, is he looking for a new best friend? And finally, after news of a mass shooting in the northern German city of Stade, they speak to Berlin correspondent James Rothwell who has been reporting on NATO preparations for a possible future Battle of the Baltics. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X. Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X. James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X. Producer: Rachel Porter Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan Social Producer: Gabby Colvin 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: Putin: Russia is facing problems in Ukraine war (The Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/28/putin-russia-is-facing-problems-in-ukraine-war/   Nato prepares for the Battle of the Baltics (James Rothwell for The Telegraph) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/23/nato-prepares-battle-baltics/  … ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/episodes/putin-confesses-problems-in-ukraine-war-for-first-time-fuel-hoarding-sweeps-russia/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ukraine-the-latest-5108588/putin-confesses-problems-in-ukraine-war-for-first-time-fuel-hoarding-sweeps-russia.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.