Chernobyl Remembered
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
How did Russia respond to the world’s worst nuclear accident?
As the anniversary looms, and the International Atomic Energy Agency warns of worrying military activity in Ukraine’s current nuclear reactor, Vitaly recalls the Soviet response to the world’s worst nuclear accident.
The BBC’s James Waterhouse updates us on the latest military moves in Ukraine.
And we hear from musician Brad Paisley about what it was like performing for President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaliy Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Fiona Leach. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and 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. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's 426 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.8 | It may not be the spring offensive, but it is possibly an offensive of sorts, and it |
| 0:17.4 | came in the form of an unverified number of drones, hitting not only Russian-controlled |
| 0:22.5 | Crimea, but more shockingly the outskirts of Moscow. |
| 0:27.4 | They launched on Sunday night, and the early hours of Monday morning, Ukraine has not claimed |
| 0:33.9 | responsibility, but neither has it denied it. |
| 0:37.7 | The alleged attack on Russia's black sea fleet in Sevastopol was sufficient for state |
| 0:42.4 | news agency TAS to report that all services of the city are on alert. |
| 0:47.9 | The message may be that Ukraine can literally fly a drone only 32 miles from the Kremlin. |
| 0:59.1 | As a head of Ukraine's military intelligence told Washington Post, back in January, the |
| 1:03.8 | effect of these drones was to shatter Russian's illusions of safety. |
| 1:08.0 | Krilla Budanov said there are people who plant explosives, there are drones, until territorial |
| 1:21.5 | integrity of Ukraine is restored, there will be problems inside Russia. |
| 1:27.0 | And these drone attacks inside Russia and Crimea come after the drip-drip of these |
| 1:32.0 | discord-slash Pentagon leaks, purporting to show that Washington actually asked Ukraine |
| 1:36.8 | to hold off from carrying out any anniversary attacks on Russia. |
| 1:44.0 | And so it remains to be seen whether America's fears that strikes within Russia will provoke |
| 1:48.0 | an even more severe response will be born out. |
| 2:14.8 | Hello, this is Victoria in the Ukraine Castudio. |
| 2:26.4 | And this is Vitaly also in the Ukraine Castudio. |
| 2:29.2 | And a pretty potentially important development has emerged in the last 24 hours, and it involves |
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