Summary
Unarmed civilians massacred near Kyiv. As images of bodies in the streets of towns near the capital lead to an outpouring of condemnation around the world, Human Rights Watch tells us about their investigation into the alleged atrocities.
We hear from Tatyana, who was travelling in a convoy of vehicles escaping the city when two fleeing residents stepped out of their car and were shot dead, while their six-year-old remained in the car.
Meanwhile, Vitaly’s dad, Alexander Shevchenko, has made it to the UK. He joins us in the studio to share his story and swap perspectives on the war with his 22-year-old student, Elizaveta, who has chosen to stay in Ukraine.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Ben Cooper, Phil Marzouk and Osman Iqbal. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 39 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:10.5 | And what's going on in Ukraine could not be further away |
| 0:13.8 | from what was going on in Las Vegas overnight. |
| 0:16.5 | Here to introduce a very special performance |
| 0:18.7 | led by John Legend. |
| 0:20.1 | President Volodymyy Zelensky delivered this pre-recorded |
| 0:23.8 | message to the Grammy Awards. |
| 0:26.2 | Our musicians wear body armor instead of dexeter days |
| 0:29.7 | seen to their wounded in hospitals, |
| 0:32.6 | even to those who can't hear them, |
| 0:34.6 | but the music will break through anyway. |
| 0:37.4 | We defend our freedom to live, to love, to sound. |
| 0:40.8 | On our land, we are fighting Russia, |
| 0:43.2 | which brings horrible silence with its bumps, |
| 0:45.9 | the dead silence. |
| 0:47.5 | Feel the silence with your music filler today |
| 0:50.4 | to tell our story. |
| 0:52.3 | Tell the truth about the war. |
| 0:53.7 | Meanwhile, all the way over in Odessa, |
| 0:56.7 | to remember maybe a week or two ago, |
| 0:58.4 | we played you some of the musicians |
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