Convicted War Criminal
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Russian soldier jailed for life. The tank commander has been convicted for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion. The BBC World Service’s Svyatoslav Khomenko has been in court in Kyiv every day of the trial and brings us up to date on the sentencing. Vitaly discusses the heavy shelling in the Luhansk region with the Governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Gaidai.
And Victoria and Vitaly talk about nuclear safety with Petro Kotin, who is in charge of all five of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants including one in Zaporizhzhia, occupied by Russian troops. Today’s Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Phil Marzouk, Chris Flynn and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
You can email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments or send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 1234 220.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 89 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:08.9 | On Friday, we spoke about football, a women's football team from Marielpol and how they |
| 0:14.4 | pulled together to survive the siege. |
| 0:17.8 | And yesterday, this happened. |
| 0:19.6 | Manchester City won the Premier League and what's the Ukraine connection you may ask? |
| 0:25.9 | Alexander Zincchenko, a football player from Ukraine, is with Manchester City. |
| 0:31.3 | And it's his fourth title with Man City and he dedicated the team's victory to Ukraine |
| 0:37.8 | and I think he should have tiered as well. |
| 0:40.6 | This is what he told Sky Sports. |
| 0:42.8 | Alexander, what does that mean to you just now to wrap the Ukraine flag around the Premier |
| 0:47.3 | League trophy? |
| 0:48.3 | It's unforgettable emotions for me. |
| 0:53.3 | For all Ukrainians, which at the moment are starving, they are surviving in my country |
| 1:00.9 | because of Russian aggression. |
| 1:03.2 | I'm so proud to be Ukrainian and I would love to one day to bring this title to Ukraine |
| 1:10.9 | for all Ukrainian people because they deserve it. |
| 1:13.2 | You say you should have tiered. |
| 1:14.2 | I mean, when he kept taking deep breaths, he had tears in his eyes and it was just overwhelming. |
| 1:20.0 | I mean, wrapping that trophy with the Ukrainian flag was very, very moving to see, wasn't |
| 1:25.5 | it, Vitaly? |
| 1:26.5 | It was and any victory involving Ukrainians, but Eurovision or the Premier League is usually |
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