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Today in Focus

100 days of war in Ukraine

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On 24 February Russia began its assault on Ukraine. The explosions that day marked the end of an era in Europe and changed the lives of millions for ever. Michael Safi talks to Volodymyr Ksienich and Kyrylo Demchenko, two of thousands of young Ukrainians who answered a call to protect their country, as well as hearing from Guardian correspondents Emma Graham-Harrison and Shaun Walker, who have been reporting on the ground. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:08.4

A hundred days since Russia invaded Ukraine,

0:11.1

we look back on a war that's changed the world,

0:13.8

and where it might be going next.

0:15.1

On 21st of February, I was leaping in my bed.

0:21.1

My father woke me up and asked me, did you hear that?

0:25.1

I told no, I didn't, because I slept.

0:31.1

Vladimir Ksenich is a 22-year-old from Kiev in Ukraine.

0:35.1

It's all that I heard some bursts.

0:37.1

I think it's like a bomb to explode.

0:39.1

And I think Russia started a war.

0:41.1

We opened the social media web pages.

0:43.1

And it was written that Russian army crossed the Ukrainian borders.

0:47.1

And the war started.

0:49.1

It was the morning of the 24th of February.

0:51.1

And I think the war started up very quickly.

0:55.1

I think Russia was in a very foreign state.

0:57.1

Russia was in a war.

0:59.1

I think Russia was in a war.

1:01.1

It was an army, a war.

1:03.1

was the morning of the 24th of February, a bit over 100 days ago.

1:07.5

At 5.30am, Moscow time, a pre-recorded address by Vladimir Putin begins to be broadcast on

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