Blasts in Ukraine and Russia: What do we know?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Several cities in Ukraine were hit this morning in the latest wave of Russian missile attacks, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more. The assaults come after a series of blasts at the weekend in Russian-held Donetsk and St Petersburg.
The BBC’s Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse, and BBC Monitoring’s Russia reporter, Francis Scarr, explain the significance of attacks on Russian soil, plus the importance of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address to the United Nations.
Victoria and Vitaly also speak to the coach of a Ukrainian football team for amputee veterans injured during the war.
Today’s episode is hosted by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. It was made by Keiligh Baker. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Cordelia Hemming and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The series producer is Lucy Boast. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, it's 699 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.3 | And this morning news from several cities across Ukraine that they have been hit in the |
| 0:15.4 | latest wave of Russian missile attacks, killing at least six people at the time we are recording |
| 0:21.6 | and injuring dozens more. |
| 0:23.0 | In today's episode we'll be discussing this |
| 0:26.0 | and also we'll hear the foreign minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, |
| 0:31.0 | addressing the United Nations. |
| 0:33.2 | And we'll also be looking at the events over the weekend when at least 27 people were reportedly |
| 0:38.6 | killed in a shelling attack in the Russian-held city of the Nets. |
| 0:43.2 | The report comes mainly from somebody called the Nies Pusilin, |
| 0:46.8 | the Russian installed head of the Netsk region, |
| 0:51.2 | and the BBC has been unable to verify this claim. |
| 0:55.0 | And we're going to hear from the coach of a football team for amputee veterans injured during the last two years. |
| 1:03.0 | This is Ukraine Kast. |
| 1:05.0 | Ukraine Kast from BBC News. |
| 1:08.0 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart rage and pain. |
| 1:13.0 | Millions of people are without heating, without water. |
| 1:16.0 | Putin is the aggressor. |
| 1:18.0 | He will be ready to use nuclear weapons. |
| 1:22.0 | They killed him and fled. I didn't know how we managed to survive. |
| 1:27.0 | I want people to know the truth. |
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