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From Our Own Correspondent

Escape From Russian Occupation

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Reports have emerged of terrible atrocities committed against civilians in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. Some people have tried to escape, braving bullets and artillery fire in order to reach government-controlled areas. Among those helping them are volunteers carrying out rescue missions by driving into Russian held territory to pick up those wanting to flee and then taking them back out again across enemy lines. Carrie Davies has met them. Some of those who have escaped from Russian-held territory have fled Ukraine altogether - nearly a million people have ended up in neighbouring Romania. Once again, volunteers have stepped up to the mark, helping to provide the new arrivals with food, housing and healthcare. As Tessa Dunlop found, some say they feel a particular affinity with people who have lost so much, and suffered so greatly. There is a good reason why companies have chosen to base themselves in the Cayman Islands. This Caribbean nation has no income tax, or corporation tax, but does have a great climate, and luxury lifestyle for the wealthy. But because so many in the corporate world have made the Cayman Islands their home, a huge number of other people are now needed to keep basic services going: cleaners, drivers, hotel workers. James Innes-Smith has been hearing how different their lives are from the people they work for. The western US state of Montana is beset by division over what to do about wolves. They were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s, and some credit them with keeping down the numbers of elk and other wildlife, promoting the fortunes of other animals. Yet critics say wolves are vermin, and that they ravage local livestock. Emilie Filou went to see for herself. The national parks of America pride themselves on being unspoiled, yet there are other places even more remote. The Mustang area of Nepal is an enclave, jutting into what is, geographically, Tibet, and with its own customs and traditions. However, when Peter Morgan reached Mustang, he found plans afoot to encourage more people to come.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

Good morning.

0:06.2

Today, escape from occupation.

0:09.2

We hear about the Ukrainian volunteers

0:11.7

who drive into Russian territory to help get people out.

0:15.7

And the Ukrainian refugees finding a warm welcome in Romania

0:19.9

from men and women who grew up in the country's orphanages.

0:23.9

A correspondent takes us to the Caribbean island

0:26.8

where the wealthy lead lives of tax-free bliss,

0:30.2

while the people who work for them say they can barely afford to eat.

0:34.8

Forget for a moment issues like race, abortion, and gender.

0:38.8

In the western state of Montana in the US,

0:42.0

it's a row over wolves, which has divided communities.

0:46.1

And we take you on a trip to one of the most remote regions of the world,

0:50.4

sandwiched between Nepal and Tibet,

0:53.0

the people of Mustang get ready to expect more visitors.

0:57.6

First, how much of a risk would you take

1:00.3

if you thought your life was in danger?

1:02.9

How much would you risk to save the lives of others?

1:06.5

For many people in Ukraine, these are not abstract questions

1:10.3

but very real calculations they've been forced to make.

1:14.1

Reports have emerged of terrible atrocities

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