Summary
Why some Ukrainians choose to flee whilst others stay.
Thousands of Ukrainians, from the heavily bombed East, don’t want to leave - it turns out that some don’t believe that Russia is bombing them.
We hear from a listener who has not had contact with her father in Severodonetsk, described by President Zelensky as a 'Dead City', since May 22nd.
And the Kyiv residents raising money to repair their bombed apartment block.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Clare Williamson with Osman Iqbal and Philip Marzouk. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 0330 1239480.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's the 104th day of the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:09.8 | And tensions are rising at the UN Security Council. |
| 0:13.0 | Russia's UN ambassador, Vasily Nabenzia, |
| 0:16.5 | actually stormed out of a security council meeting |
| 0:19.7 | after the president of the European Council, |
| 0:22.4 | Charles Michel, blamed Russia's invasion of Ukraine |
| 0:25.9 | for causing a global food crisis. |
| 0:28.6 | Mr. Ambassador of the Russian Federation, |
| 0:32.7 | let's be honest, the Kremlin is using food supplies |
| 0:38.4 | as a stealth missile against developing countries. |
| 0:43.0 | The dramatic consequences of Russia's war |
| 0:46.4 | are spilling over across the globe, |
| 0:48.8 | and this is driving up food prices, |
| 0:51.4 | pushing people into poverty and destabilizing entire regions. |
| 0:56.9 | And Russia is solely responsible for this food crisis, |
| 1:01.6 | Russia alone. |
| 1:03.2 | And so as Ambassador Nabenzia stood up and walked out, |
| 1:07.4 | Mr. Michel called after him. |
| 1:09.6 | You may leave the room, maybe it's easier, |
| 1:12.4 | not to listen to the truth, the ambassador. |
| 1:15.2 | The truth is one of the things we have been trying to bring you |
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