Behind enemy lines: Meet the secret Ukrainian counter offensive
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine, men and women are working secretly, behind enemy lines. They're blowing up bridges, identifying targets for bombing raids and killing anyone caught collaborating with the enemy. So who are they? How are they recruited? And how has one man managed to infiltrate the Russian army itself?
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Guest: Maxim Tucker, assistant foreign editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's a question, where do you keep your lotto ticket? |
| 0:03.2 | On the fridge, in the fridge. |
| 0:05.3 | Coffee jar, jam jar, in the car? |
| 0:08.2 | Coke pocket, shirt pocket, bag pocket. |
| 0:11.8 | Wherever you keep it, you've got to be in it to win it. |
| 0:14.6 | Tonight's lotto jackpot is 11 million pounds, |
| 0:17.4 | and it must be one. |
| 0:19.0 | All thousands of you will want to share the jackpot. |
| 0:21.9 | It could be you, lotto, and the national lottery. |
| 0:25.4 | Play now. |
| 0:26.2 | Estimated jackpot rules and procedures apply. |
| 0:28.6 | Class must be 18 or over. |
| 0:34.4 | It sounds like a plot from a Hollywood film, |
| 0:37.7 | but it's playing out right now in Ukraine. |
| 0:41.6 | Behind enemy lines, in Russian-occupied parts of the country, |
| 0:46.1 | some extraordinary men and women are leading a secret counteroffensive. |
| 0:52.8 | We are a union of Ukrainian patriots, the national resistance, |
| 1:00.8 | and we're in the Russian-occupied territories. |
| 1:05.6 | This secret army of civilians is blowing up railway lines, |
| 1:10.8 | destroying supply vehicles, and even killing people |
| 1:14.8 | who work with the Russians. |
| 1:18.4 | We have data about every collaborator. |
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