‘Humiliated’ Putin poses with fake submarine after navy parade cancelled & Ukraine strikes Iranian tanker in Caspian Sea

Day 1,613. As Putin is forced to cancel his annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg for the second year in a row – forced to stand by an image of a submarine instead – we report on another major weekend on the battlefield for both Russia and Ukraine, including a strike by Kyiv on an Iranian-linked tanker in the Caspian Sea. Meanwhile Volodymyr Zelensky is in London to meet with new British PM Andy Burnham for the first time, as the Ukrainian president warns of a new mobilisation drive by Moscow amid mounting Russian losses. Then we hear from the WELT offices in Germany about their wargame that caused such a stir, NATO’s Secretary General had to respond. Contributors: Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X. James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X. With thanks to Caroline Drüten, international security correspondent at WELT. Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett Video Producer: Sophie O’Sullivan Social Producer: Tom Steed Studio Director: Meghan Searle Executive Editor: Francis Dearnley Created by David Knowles NOW IN FULL VIDEO WITH MAPS & BATTLEFIELD FOOTAGE: ‘Ernstfall: What if Russia Attacks NATO? Inside a German Wargame’ (WELT Podcast): Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ernstfall-what-if-russia-attacks-nato-inside-a/id6785429115 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033GHuBrh6zwl1mq4TVeY6 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/21/new-missile-at-centre-of-anglo-german-golden-age-of-defence/ Fabrice Deprez’s Substack describing Kramatorsk: https://eastradar.substack.com/p/the-long-war-60?triedRedirect=true Kazakhstan’s Tokayev Urges Putin to Freeze Ukraine War (Kyiv Post) https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81070 Kremlin Shrugs Off Reports of US-Ukraine Air Truce Plan, Says It’s ‘Too Early’ (Kyiv Post) https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81124 EMAIL US: Contact the team on [email protected]. We continue to read every message, and seek to respond to as many as possible. HIGHLIGHTS: ‘Humiliated’ Putin poses with fake submarine after navy parade cancelled Ukraine strikes Iranian tanker in Caspian Sea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.