Exclusive: ‘Putin won’t last’ – Russian agent who fled Moscow in a dead cow

Exclusive: ‘Putin won’t last’ – Russian agent who fled Moscow in a dead cow

Author: The Telegraph May 15, 2026 Duration: 51:55

Day 1,541.

Today, after the two days of near continuous strikes against Ukraine with over 1,600 drones and missiles fired on the country – with at least 12 killed by a single projectile – we hear the latest round of American withdrawals of thousands of troops from Europe, and a sobering assessment from experts at Chatham House about the direction of the war. Then we have an extraordinary exclusive interview with a Russian FSB agent who claims he fled Moscow in a dead cow.


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Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.

Roland Oliphant (Chief Foreign Analyst). @RolandOliphant on X.

Hayley Dixon (Special Correspondent). @HaylesDixon on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


‘Putin won’t last’: Russian agent who fled Moscow in a dead cow (The Telegraph):

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng7-LI7VK8M

Long Read: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/14/dmitry-senin-russia-fsb-escaped-putin-in-dead-cow/ 


Pentagon cancels deployment of thousands of troops to Europe (The Telegraph):

https://kyivindependent.com/us-cancels-planned-deployment-of-4-000-troops-to-poland/?mc_cid=d10bd88d37&mc_eid=08d0680a95 


Russia issues Ben Wallace with arrest warrant for ‘justifying terrorism’ (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/13/russia-ben-wallace-arrest-warrant-justifying-terrorism/ 


How a Ukrainian air assault on Russia led to the resignation of a Latvian prime minister (Kyiv Independent):

https://kyivindependent.com/how-2-ukrainian-drones-sparked-political-turmoil-in-latvia/ 


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  • Zelensky’s ‘revenge’ attacks after three days of huge strikes

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