How are Ukrainians reacting to Trump’s peace talk plans?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
What’s been the reaction in Ukraine to President Trump’s plans to end the war, following his phone calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky? We hear from Kyiv mum Iryna and 27 year old account manager Andrew.
And we assess what role Europe could play going forward, following a busy day of diplomacy at a Nato defence chiefs summit in Brussels.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Ben Carter and Ryan Johnston. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The assistant editor is Ben Mundy. 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 | Hello, it's 10086 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, |
| 0:09.7 | and the world is still trying to make sense of President Trump's announcement on Wednesday |
| 0:14.9 | that he'd called President of Vladimir Putin and then President Volodymere Zelensky |
| 0:20.1 | starting negotiations, essentially, |
| 0:22.8 | on some kind of deal to end the conflict. And so many of you have been getting in touch. |
| 0:28.9 | Carl emailed to say, I listened with dismay, anger and sorrow at the latest episode |
| 0:34.2 | regarding Trump and Putin deciding Ukraine's fate. It's the high and mighty |
| 0:39.0 | deciding who gets what, whether people like it or not. Putin has got what he wanted, albeit |
| 0:44.8 | not all of Ukraine, for the time being. Simon Wilcher here in the UK sent us this. |
| 0:50.8 | Dear Ukraine cast, I felt compelled to write, having heard Frank Gardner's despondent |
| 0:56.1 | summation of the West's weariness of the Russia-Ukraine war. I have 39 years of military service |
| 1:02.8 | and never have I been more concerned about the threats to Europe, to the West, the Middle East |
| 1:08.8 | and Far East that the loss of US leadership is fast creating. |
| 1:14.7 | Wow, that is profound and also utterly depressing. Thank you so much, Simon, for expressing |
| 1:21.3 | your thoughts. And we also got this voice note too. I'm Sue from Bogner Regis, a seaside town in West Sussex. |
| 1:30.1 | Listening to your extra programme covering Trump's conversation with Putin and hearing Hegeseth's speech |
| 1:36.4 | has left me in tears today. Are we teaching our children that bullies win? I feel really sad, |
| 1:43.4 | but how must Ukrainians feel? |
| 1:45.7 | Today, Sue, we are going to hear how some Ukrainians are feeling. |
| 1:49.8 | This is Ukraine cast. |
| 1:51.7 | Ukraine cast from BBC News. |
| 1:54.5 | Evil cannot be trusted. Ask Prigosian. |
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