Is a new battlefront emerging in Ukraine?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
What winter and new weaponry means for the war…
Professor Michael Clarke and Russia analyst Anna Borshchevskaya discuss the importance of the eastern town of Avdiivka, President Putin’s visit to China and how a change in seasons might influence events on the battlefield.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Keiligh Baker, Arsenii Sokolov and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. 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, it's six hundred and one days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.2 | And on Monday, Russia agreed to return four Ukrainian children to their families as part of a |
| 0:15.8 | deal brokered by Kata. |
| 0:18.8 | It's Kata's involvement that's really important and unusual because so far Ukraine has brought back about |
| 0:25.8 | 400 children from Russia and in this particular case the youngest is two years old, and the oldest is 17. |
| 0:36.0 | And the return happened as part of a scheme. |
| 0:41.0 | And the hope is that these four children will be the first of many. |
| 0:46.3 | Well let's hope so because Ukraine itself has identified 20,000 children who it alleges were |
| 0:52.1 | abducted by Russia. But it's encouraging news as a first |
| 0:56.5 | step. In this episode we're also going to look at a potential new major |
| 1:00.5 | battlefront in Ukraine and talk about what the freezing cold |
| 1:05.0 | winter weather might mean for the counter-offensive. This is Ukraine cast. |
| 1:10.0 | Ukraine cast from BBC News. |
| 1:13.0 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart rage and pain. |
| 1:18.0 | Millions of people are without heating, without water. |
| 1:21.0 | Putin is the aggressor. |
| 1:23.0 | He will be ready to use nuclear weapons. |
| 1:26.0 | They killed him and fled. |
| 1:28.0 | I do not know how we manage to survive. |
| 1:31.0 | I want people to know the truth. |
| 1:35.0 | Hello, this is Victoria Derbyshire in the Ukraine Car studio. |
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