A boost to Kyiv’s firepower
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Ukraine gets long-sought US long-range missile systems. BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner explains why Kyiv hopes this will be a gamechanger. Maria Chashka, a Deputy Commander of a battalion in Kharkiv, confirms she believes this will help her country win the war.
The acting war time mayor of Severodonetsk, Oleksandr Stryuk, tells Victoria and Vitaly about the recent strike on a chemical plant in his city, which has already seen over 90% of its population leave for a safer place.
And, as Ukraine and Scotland face each other in a World Cup play-off, we hear from Tetiana Lukianenko a refugee from Kyiv, now based in Aberfeldy, Scotland. She says she will cheer whoever wins.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Osman Iqbal and Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 0330 1234 220.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's been 98 days now since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:10.2 | And overnight, there has been a development |
| 0:12.2 | because a chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city |
| 0:15.5 | of Severed Donetsk has been hit. |
| 0:17.6 | It's been widely blamed on Russia, but Russia is denying it. |
| 0:21.3 | And there is footage of the aftermath of this strike. |
| 0:26.4 | And what you can see in the still sky is this huge orange, |
| 0:32.5 | I mean, looks like orange candy floss against the gray sky. |
| 0:37.0 | And it's barely moving. |
| 0:38.8 | And these, presumably, this smoke, this cloud, Vitaly, |
| 0:44.3 | is mixed up with toxic fumes. |
| 0:48.8 | Reports say that it was a huge tank containing nitric acid |
| 0:55.4 | that was hit. |
| 0:56.9 | And this factory, the chemical factory, |
| 0:59.2 | is one of the largest in Ukraine, if not the largest. |
| 1:03.5 | So the threat to the local population is very grave. |
| 1:09.2 | And the local authorities have told people to stay indoors |
| 1:13.0 | and make face masks saturated with a mixture of soda |
| 1:19.2 | to prevent damage to their lungs. |
| 1:22.4 | These are very crude homemade gas masks, respirators, |
| 1:27.0 | basically, which reminds me of the stuff |
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