Summary
Even as Russia’s advance into Ukraine leaves cities in ruins, many Ukrainians feel they have no choice but to fight on. We speak to Maxim, a street artist from Nova Kakhovka in the Russian-controlled region of Kherson, who’s been graffitiing enemy tanks.
After President Biden warned that Russia has the capability to launch cyber attacks in response to sanctions, the Oxford Internet Institute’s Mariarosaria Taddeo joins Gabriel, Vitaly and Victoria to explain why the digital risk goes beyond Ukraine.
We also catch up with Anna to hear how she and her family are feeling after fleeing Kharkiv and whether they might make it to Canada.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Phil Marzouk, Chris Flynn and Michele Theil. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's 27 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:09.0 | And we're going to start with this email that we've had |
| 0:10.9 | from a Ukraine cast listener, Kersti Garner, |
| 0:13.6 | somewhere in the UK. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm sitting on a small wall in the front of my safe, quiet garden, |
| 0:19.7 | having walks around the block listening to your podcast |
| 0:22.8 | and crying yet again. |
| 0:24.9 | The stars are out, and all you can hear is the odd car going past. |
| 0:29.6 | I don't understand how we can sit back |
| 0:31.8 | and watch all this horrific warfare going on in Ukraine |
| 0:35.6 | and still sleep peacefully. |
| 0:38.2 | I range from anger of the whole world watching |
| 0:41.4 | and not physically going into help. |
| 0:44.4 | I get upset, angry and pained by what I see and hear. |
| 0:49.3 | How can those in power not do more? |
| 0:52.6 | And she goes on to say, |
| 0:54.4 | do we not all see the same photos and videos coming out of Ukraine? |
| 0:58.7 | I feel so far away but so close. |
| 1:01.6 | I've never been to Ukraine, but this is all so wrong. |
| 1:05.3 | I would love to ask, when is enough? |
| 1:08.0 | When does the West finally dig its heels in |
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