How Will Winter Impact The War?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
As Ukraine and Russia are hit by “the storm of the century,” how does winter weather affect troops on the front line? The BBC’s Security correspondent, Frank Gardner, and Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse discuss who stands to benefit from bad weather - and Russia’s biggest drone attack on Kyiv yet. And Ukrainian journalist Maria Romanenko, who fled Kyiv in March 2022, joins us from Manchester, where she hosts walking tours for newly arrived Ukrainian refugees.
Today’s episode is presented by Vitaly Shevchenko and Irena Taranyuk. It was made by Keiligh Baker and the producers were Clare Williamson, Ivana Davidovic and Arsenii Sokolov. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. 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. |
| 0:05.1 | It's 643 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and I'm joining the |
| 0:12.8 | studio by my colleague, Renata Ranuk, from BBC Ukrainian, who's not a stranger, but a |
| 0:18.4 | friend to our podcast, Hi, Renna. |
| 0:21.4 | Hello, Vitaly. |
| 0:22.4 | So, tell us what you do for BBC Ukrainian, I know you've got a TV program. |
| 0:28.6 | Absolutely, we have a small team preparing a daily TV program, 15 minutes long, where |
| 0:35.3 | we are covering the main global events, and at the peak of Gaza crisis, we had hundreds |
| 0:40.9 | of thousands of views because people in Ukraine, traumatized by their own war, were distracted |
| 0:47.1 | and compassionate because of this other war that was raging in the Middle East between |
| 0:52.0 | Israel and Hamas. |
| 0:53.6 | And your program is available on YouTube for those who speak Ukrainian. |
| 0:57.5 | In this episode, we'll be looking at how extreme weather in Ukraine is impacting soldiers |
| 1:02.6 | on the front line, and catching up with Maria, who fled Ukraine in the early days of the |
| 1:07.5 | war, and now, helps newly arrived refugees settle into life in the UK. |
| 1:13.8 | This is Ukraine, cast. |
| 1:16.0 | Ukraine, cast, from BBC News. |
| 1:18.9 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain. |
| 1:23.4 | The millions of people are without heating, without water. |
| 1:26.6 | Putin is the aggressor, he will be ready to use nuclear weapons. |
| 1:32.3 | They killed him and fled. |
| 1:33.7 | I do not know how we managed to survive. |
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