Summary
Ukraine’s key cities of Kherson, Kharkiv and Mariupol have come under intense attack. Victoria and Vitaly speak to a young woman in Kharkiv, Anna, who’s afraid her home could be bombed.
Journalist and author Gavin Esler says some anti-war critics in Russia have been arrested, and explains which other countries are worried about being targeted.
Today’s Ukrainecast was made by Phil Marzouk and Natalie Ktena. The technical producer is Emma Crowe. The assistant editor is Alison Gee. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's seven days since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:10.1 | The fighting is intensifying in certain key areas, |
| 0:15.2 | and that massive convoy of Russian armoured vehicles, |
| 0:18.0 | including tanks that we've talked a lot about on Ukrainecast, |
| 0:22.0 | is very, very slowly moving closer towards the capital key. |
| 0:27.3 | Gabriel is going to be back with us on Ukrainecast on Monday, |
| 0:30.9 | and today it's Vitaly Shevchenko, |
| 0:32.9 | Russian editor at BBC Monitoring, |
| 0:35.1 | who has been with us actually every day since the first episode. |
| 0:38.5 | Hi, Vitaly. Hello. |
| 0:40.3 | And I don't know Vitaly if you saw or heard this very rare round of applause, |
| 0:46.1 | and in fact a standing ovation which lasted for over a minute |
| 0:48.9 | in the House of Commons in London, |
| 0:50.1 | as MPs gave the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK this welcome. |
| 0:55.3 | Your excellence, we generally do not allow applause in this chamber. |
| 1:01.7 | But on this occasion, the House quite rightly. |
| 1:07.3 | What's to demonstrate over respect and support for your country |
| 1:12.0 | and its people in the most difficult of time? |
| 1:15.6 | And also it was happening in Washington at the US Capitol Building. |
| 1:19.0 | Ukrainian ambassador to the United States is here tonight, |
| 1:21.6 | sitting with the First Lady. |
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