Is a truce between Ukraine and Russia possible?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
President Macron has proposed a one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine "in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure."
These comments follow a meeting over the weekend in which European leaders tried to deal with the fallout from President Zelensky’s disastrous trip to Washington on Friday.
Presenters Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko are joined by Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences at RUSI to discuss whether there is a road towards a peace deal. The producers were Ryan Johnston and Ben Carter. The technical producer was Louis Griffin. 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 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's 1,104 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, |
| 0:10.1 | and it's about 72 hours since that explosive meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump |
| 0:16.4 | sent shockwaves around the world. |
| 0:18.9 | You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position and it happens to be right about it. |
| 0:22.6 | From the very beginning of the war, Mr. Graham, I was... |
| 0:25.6 | I was arrested. |
| 0:26.6 | You don't have the cards right now. |
| 0:27.6 | With us, you start having cards. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm not playing cards. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm not playing cards. |
| 0:31.6 | You're playing cards. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm very serious. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm the people. |
| 0:35.6 | You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. You're gambling with World War III. |
| 0:39.3 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 0:42.5 | During the weekend, President Zelensky spent most of it here in the UK |
| 0:46.8 | when he spoke to Kirstama on Saturday. |
| 0:51.5 | I hope you've heard some of that cheering in the street. |
| 0:55.0 | That is the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate |
| 0:59.2 | how much they support you, how much they support Ukraine. |
| 1:03.8 | Thank you very much, Keir. |
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