Battle for Kherson 'about to begin' & how Ukrainian businesses are working through the Russian invasion
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Day 238. Today, we examine the evolving situation on the ground in Kherson as Russia braces for a Ukrainian attack on the occupied city. Plus we discuss a number of important diplomatic updates from around the world and speak to Ukrainian businesswoman Olga Shapovalova about the world of business and start-ups during the Russian invasion.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). Follow David on Twitter @djknowles22
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). Follow Francis on Twitter @FrancisDearnley.
Verity Bowman (Foreign Reporter). Follow Verity on Twitter @VerityBowman.
With thanks to:
Olga Shapovalova from Headway, a Ukrainian start-up company. Follow Headway on Twitter @get_headway.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:13.3 | Today we analyse the evolving situation on the ground and her zone, as Russia braces |
| 0:17.6 | for a Ukrainian attack on the occupied city. |
| 0:20.2 | We discuss a number of important diplomatic updates from around the world and we speak |
| 0:24.2 | to Ukrainian businesswoman Olga Shepova-Lova about how businesses have coped, changed and |
| 0:29.7 | adapted to the ongoing Russian invasion. |
| 0:35.7 | This hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in favor. |
| 0:43.7 | Ukraine must win and Ukraine will win. |
| 0:47.7 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:49.7 | We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:52.7 | Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Selecvovsland |
| 0:56.5 | newsroom and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis |
| 1:00.9 | on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:02.9 | It's Wednesday, the 19th of October, day 238. |
| 1:07.3 | And today I'm joined by our assistant comment editor Frances Dernley, our foreign reporter |
| 1:11.4 | Verity Bowman and our guest Olga Shepova-Lova, head of partnerships and B2B at the Ukrainian |
| 1:17.4 | educational tech startup Headway. |
| 1:20.5 | I started by asking Verity for the latest from her zone. |
| 1:24.6 | Yes, of course, so Russian officials have said that the battle for the occupied city is in |
| 1:29.8 | the very near future. I've been speaking to people on the ground all morning, and I'll get to |
| 1:34.5 | that in a bit, but just give a bit of background first. |
| 1:37.7 | So General Survey Sorovakin, commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine, has said in |
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