Extra episode: Russian plane crash
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
A Russian plane has been shot down near the Russian-Ukraine border. Russia claims it was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war, who were on their way to a prisoner swap. Ukraine claims it wasn’t told to secure airspace around Belgorod for the transportation of PoWs, as has happened in previous prisoner swaps. Earlier, Ukraine had claimed the plane had been carrying Russian weapons. So, who is to blame and what was on the plane? Victoria and Vitaly are joined by Olga Robinson of BBC Verify to discuss the latest.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. It was made by Keiligh Baker. The producer was Arsenii Sokolov. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The series producer is Lucy Boast. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. 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 +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello there, it's 700 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.3 | And today we're bringing you an emergency episode of Ukraine cast |
| 0:12.7 | after a Russian military plane crashed near Belgorod in Russia this morning. |
| 0:17.6 | That's towards the northeast of Ukraine, |
| 0:20.5 | about 20 miles north of Ukraine. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm not going to us. |
| 0:25.0 | Gweny it. |
| 0:28.0 | Oh, no! |
| 0:30.0 | Oh, And that is the sound of somebody videoing the plane going down and really it's such a long way in the distance you can just see a very small outline of a plane |
| 0:46.8 | but what you really can see from this footage is somebody who's distressed who's filming it and then this huge plume of |
| 0:55.7 | flames and smoke in the background. Obviously information is still coming out but on |
| 1:02.3 | this episode we're going to talk |
| 1:03.7 | through everything we know so far. This is Ukraine cast. Ukraine cast from |
| 1:09.3 | BBC News. Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart rage and pain. |
| 1:15.0 | Millions of people are without heating, without water. |
| 1:18.0 | Putin is the aggressor. |
| 1:20.0 | He will be ready to use nuclear weapons. |
| 1:24.0 | They killed him and fled. |
| 1:26.0 | I did not know how we managed to survive. |
| 1:29.0 | I want the people to know the truth. |
| 1:32.0 | Hello, this is Victoria Derbyshire in the Ukraine-Cast Studio. |
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