A deal for Ukrainian grain
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The deal between Ukraine and Russia should help alleviate the global food crisis. BBC Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse joins Vic and Vitaliy to discuss the deal and whether it’s a promising sign for negotiations in the wider war.
We hear from Ukrainian lorry drivers who are stuck beyond the border in Russia with no means of coming back without abandoning their vehicles and, therefore, their livelihoods.
And Nina Nazarova from the BBC Russian Service tells us all about six Ukrainian children reunited with their parents after five months apart.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Clare Williamson with Arsenii Sokolov, Phil Marzouk, Ivana Davidovic and planning producer Louise Hidalgo. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's 149 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:09.5 | And Ukraine's first lady has been visiting the United States. |
| 0:13.7 | Yep, and Elena Zelenska gave an interview to NBC News. |
| 0:17.0 | She was talking to Peter Alexander |
| 0:19.0 | about how her and President Zelenski's 9-year-old son |
| 0:22.7 | is reacting to the war. |
| 0:24.4 | What is your son dream of? |
| 0:25.8 | What does he want to be? |
| 0:28.0 | Obviously he wants to be a soldier. |
| 0:30.2 | He wants to be a soldier. |
| 0:31.5 | Obviously. |
| 0:32.8 | That's what all Ukrainian boys must dream of now. |
| 0:36.1 | I think yes. |
| 0:37.9 | What does that make you think as a mom? |
| 0:40.6 | Is that... |
| 0:42.6 | Did you know, Miss, you know, before the war, |
| 0:45.6 | my son used to go to the Folk Dance Ensemble. |
| 0:48.8 | He played piano, he learned English, |
| 0:51.8 | he of course attended sports club. |
| 0:54.4 | And now I cannot bring him back to doing arts and humanities. |
| 0:59.1 | Everything on... |
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