Father and Son reunited
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
16-year-old Vladislav Buryak was held captive for 90 days by Russian proxy forces. He says he was kept in solitary confinement and witnessed other prisoners being tortured during that time.
Also, after months of Russian blockade, a Ukraine grain shipment is allowed to set sail. Vitaly and Irena are joined by the BBC’s Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse, who is at the port of Odesa where the mood is both celebratory and apprehensive.
And Vitaly chats to BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg about what Russians really think of the war, whether they’re feeling the pinch of the sanctions – and how playing the piano helps him relax.
The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The producers are Arsenii Sokolov and Ivana Davidovic. Planning producer is Louise Hidalgo. The technical producer is Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 159 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | And here on the sunny coast of the Odessa region, |
| 0:13.0 | you might be able to hear the tempting crashing of the waves of the Black Sea. |
| 0:19.0 | There was a big moment this morning. |
| 0:21.0 | The first ship containing Ukrainian grain, 26,000 tons of the stuff, |
| 0:27.0 | made its way out of the port of Odessa this morning. |
| 0:31.0 | It was led by a tugboat into these hostile waters, |
| 0:34.0 | these mine infested waters, |
| 0:36.0 | where it is now making its way along the Black Sea, |
| 0:39.0 | along this planned route towards Istanbul, |
| 0:42.0 | where it will be inspected before making its way on to Lebanon, |
| 0:46.0 | one of Ukraine's many big grain customers. |
| 0:49.0 | No one here is getting carried away. |
| 0:51.0 | The military says this is a test, |
| 0:53.0 | but it is a small, but significant star for Ukraine. |
| 0:59.0 | This is Ukraine cast. |
| 1:01.0 | Ukraine cast, from BBC News. |
| 1:04.0 | The question for us now is to be or not to be. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm ordering the Ministry of Defence |
| 1:11.0 | to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. |
| 1:14.0 | I could not imagine that I would find out |
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