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Ukrainecast

Diary of an Occupation

Ukrainecast

BBC

News Commentary, News

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

How one man secretly filmed life in Kherson under Russian forces. Dmytro Bahnenko tells us why he and his family stayed there for months secretly filming everyday life under occupation. His footage and story have also been made into a BBC documentary called Occupied.

The BBC’s Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse, has been talking to people in recently liberated areas. He also discusses why Russia is accusing Ukraine of planning to use a radioactive “dirty bomb,” something that the West has called “transparently false”.

And former speech writer for Vladimir Putin, Abbas Gallyamov, calls the Russian president the “victim of his own propaganda” and lifts the lid on what he was really like when he worked for him.

Today’s Ukrainecast is hosted by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.

It was made by Ivana Davidovic and Arsenii Sokolov. The technical director was Mike Regaard. The assistant editors are Alison Gee and Sam Bonham. The senior news editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.

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 0330 1239480.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Hello, it's 243 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

0:09.8

And Ukraine's security service, the SBU, has arrested the head of a Ukrainian company

0:17.2

that makes aircraft engines.

0:19.7

And the reason for the arrest is they say this man has been collaborating with Russia.

0:26.6

The man is called Vyacheslav Bohuslyev,

0:29.0

and his company is called Motora Sitch based in my home city of Zaporizia.

0:34.2

According to the security service, he continued supplying engines and spare parts

0:39.6

to Russian military helicopters, even after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

0:46.9

And the SBU has also published what it says are intercepted phone calls

0:52.3

between him and various officials in Russia,

0:56.5

in which a voice similar to Mr. Bohuslyev's allegedly discusses ways

1:02.8

of supplying engines manufactured by his company to Russia to help build Russian attack helicopters.

1:13.0

Now, who is Mr. Bohuslyev?

1:14.8

He's one of Ukraine's richest men,

1:17.5

and he used to be a member of parliament for the party of regions,

1:21.0

which used to be headed by President Yanukovych, pro-Russian president,

1:24.7

who was toppled by the protests and is now in Russia.

1:29.0

And years ago, when I visited Motora Sitch, the engine manufacturer in Zaporizia,

1:34.7

I visited the museum of the factory,

1:38.0

and pride of place was occupied by a photograph of Mr. Bohuslyev,

1:43.0

shaking hands with none other than President Putin.

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