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Battleground

367. The Screaming Banshee and the Ukrainian 'Dad’s Army'

Battleground

Goalhanger

History

4.5820 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Battleground Ukraine, Saul David and Roger Moorhouse explore the terrifying reality of modern warfare and the unexpected heroes of the resistance. Journalist and friend of the show Askold Krushelnycky recounts his harrowing experience surviving a drone strike in Odesa, describing the "screaming banshee" sound of a Shahed drone on its final approach. We also hear from Boldizsár Győri about a "peculiar unit" in Zaporizhzhia—a Ukrainian "dad’s army" made up of men over the age of 60 who were turned away from the official draft but found their own way to fight for their country. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - podbattleground@gmail.com Producer: James Hodgson X (Twitter): @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:47.9

In a moment, we'll hear from two friends of the podcast, Ascol Krujolnitsky and Baldi Ghory,

0:53.6

who'd been on the ground in Ukraine,

0:55.8

Askold in Odessa, where he was lucky to survive a Russian drone strike on his hotel,

1:00.4

and Baldy in Kiev, where he saw at first hand the consequences of Russia's pitiless assault

1:05.5

on Ukraine's power infrastructure.

1:08.1

But first, the news and the most shocking development this week was a video on social

1:11.7

media of a Ukrainian passenger train on fire after a Russian drone attack in the Harkiv region,

1:18.4

which killed at least six passengers. Sharing the video on X, President Zelensky wrote,

1:23.8

In any country, a drone strike on a civilian train would be regarded in the same way, purely as an act of terrorism.

1:30.1

There is and can be no military justification for killing civilians in a train carriage.

1:35.6

Russia must be held accountable for what it is doing.

1:38.8

Yes, and we should add for context that the train was on a line that Saul, Patrick and James travelled down last January. It seems

1:45.4

saw that nowhere in Ukraine is safe from Russian attacks these days. The Ukrainians, on the

1:50.3

other hand, continue to concentrate their long-range attacks on military and economic targets

1:55.8

that support the Russian war effort. This week, for example, they hit five Russian airfields deep in the rear,

2:02.2

targeting 15 aircraft, three helicopters and one transport plane. They also hit targets in Crimea,

2:08.6

forcing the closure of the Kerch Bridge for at least eight hours. Interestingly, and not at all

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