A Ukrainian in London
Chopper's Politics
The Telegraph
4.2 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Vika arrived in the UK on Monday this week, carrying all of her belongings in a single suitcase. She's a Ukrainian currently staying with environment minister Victoria Prentis MP, and they both joined Christopher Hope in the Red Lion pub in Westminster to talk about Vika's journey out of Ukraine in blacked out trains, and how she's looking forward to getting back to Kyiv to rebuild her country.
First MP to take in Ukrainian refugee says she wants to give them ‘the skills to rebuild Kyiv, by Christopher Hope: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/03/25/first-mp-take-ukrainian-refugee-says-wants-give-skills-rebuild/ |
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| 0:00.0 | When you had a normal walk in cave before you had a normal walk in cave before it was just like a normal walk. Now I would probably be so excited and so happy to just walk there. |
| 0:20.0 | Just walk there without any bombing |
| 0:26.8 | Welcome to choppers politics. I'm Christopher Hope the Telegraph's Associate Editor for Politics |
| 0:46.2 | chopper to my friends the Ukrainians fleeing the carnage in their country caused by Vladimir Putin's invasion just a month ago. |
| 1:05.5 | And already, Ukrainians are arriving. With us today on a special edition of Chophis politics is Victoria Prentiss, an environment minister and a mum who's taken in Vika, a 25 year old office worker from Ukraine who only got here on Monday. In fact for this podcast is a first visit ever to a British pub. |
| 1:10.3 | Vicky Prentiss welcome to Chobber's Politics. |
| 1:14.0 | It's great to be here. |
| 1:15.0 | We're in the pub as normal. |
| 1:16.0 | Good to have you here. |
| 1:17.0 | You bought a friend. |
| 1:18.0 | I've brought Vika. |
| 1:19.0 | Vique. |
| 1:20.0 | Hello, everyone. |
| 1:21.0 | And where have you come from? |
| 1:22.0 | Come far? I came from Ukraine |
| 1:25.2 | Ukraine right it was a long journey but I'm here was great to have you here and you're safe and |
| 1:30.9 | it's great to welcome to this country do you feel welcomed? |
| 1:33.2 | I feel much welcome it is so much appreciated and I love people and they're amazing. |
| 1:39.4 | Well so many readers of telegraph listen to the podcast they're reaching out trying to help anybody |
| 1:44.6 | from Ukraine at the moment I've got to ask how you met how you came across Victoria |
| 1:48.3 | Apprentice who's obviously a minister in the government but also a mom how How do you meet Mickey? |
| 1:54.0 | She's a great mom and I met her daughter in Kyiv. |
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