A tale of two Ukraines
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Vitaly and Victoria speak to Oleksandr Sosnovskyi, from the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, as the city prepares in case of a Russian offensive.
We also catch up with Vitalii Pashchenko, a 19-year-old student, who says some lecturers have remained to teach as bombs go off around them.
There’s also a roundup of the latest developments after the highest-level trip to Ukraine by US officials since the invasion began.
Today's Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Osman Iqbal and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | It's day 61 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:08.2 | And from inside that steel plant, |
| 0:11.0 | the as-of-style steel plant in Marie-Paul, |
| 0:14.4 | this video was posted at the weekend of kids |
| 0:17.1 | playing underground there. |
| 0:18.6 | They have been doing that for two months. |
| 0:20.7 | And when you look at the video, |
| 0:21.8 | there's a baby, somebody's carrying a baby, |
| 0:23.8 | and then the kids look like they're sort of four, five, |
| 0:26.4 | you know, seven, eight, nine, ten, |
| 0:28.0 | and they're talking to the camera. |
| 0:29.7 | What are they saying, Vitaly? |
| 0:33.2 | They want to go home. |
| 0:34.6 | Really? |
| 0:35.6 | They've been playing with their mobile phones for a long time. |
| 0:38.7 | And they said, we just want to see the sun and go home |
| 0:42.7 | and see our relatives. |
| 0:44.7 | Well, we are recording today at Midday UK time. |
| 0:48.6 | That's 2pm Ukrainian time. |
| 0:50.2 | And the world is going to be a bit more exciting. |
| 0:52.6 | We're going to be able to go home and see our relatives. |
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