Is the West out of touch with the reality of the war?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
As President Zelensky conducts a whistle stop tour of Europe…. we answer your questions on whether the West is out of touch with the reality of the war and what impact elections in the US and Europe could have on support for Ukraine’s war effort.
Victoria is joined by our correspondent in Kyiv Sarah Rainsford and Cold War historian Sergey Radchenko.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Cordelia Hemming and Nick Sturdee. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sarah Wadeson. 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. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's 961 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.2 | And President Zelensky has been whizzing around European capitals in recent days. |
| 0:15.0 | Yesterday he met again UK Prime Minister Kistorma. |
| 0:19.0 | He support their one of course to share with you details on it. |
| 0:23.0 | Then he whizzed off to Paris for talks with President Emmanuel Macron |
| 0:27.0 | and then it was Rome, where he was hugged by the Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney. |
| 0:31.0 | He was greeted by a God of Honor and the Ukrainian |
| 0:35.8 | National Anthem was played for him. Today Friday he met the Pope in the Vatican and President Selensky gave the Pope an |
| 0:58.2 | oil painting which showed a girl witnessing the killings and the atrocities at Boucher, which really takes you right |
| 1:05.8 | back to the weeks preceding the full-scale invasion. In return, Pope Francis gave him a plaque which says peace is a fragile flower. |
| 1:17.0 | We've critiqui for the cragna. |
| 1:19.0 | That's not what's what's going to do with you. |
| 1:22.0 | That's a word of the Apache. |
| 1:25.0 | And then German Chancellor Olaf Schultz in Berlin. |
| 1:29.0 | Now obviously President Zelensky is doing this to make sure these European leaders continue supporting Ukraine both morally, spiritually, financially as well. |
| 1:40.0 | And militarily too, regardless of the outcome of the election in the US in less than a month and you |
| 1:44.7 | have so many questions about this and other issues that hopefully we're going to answer in this |
| 1:49.2 | episode of Ukraine cast. |
| 1:51.2 | Ukraine cast from me with a news. |
| 1:54.0 | Evil cannot be trusted. |
| 1:56.0 | Ask pre-Gosion. |
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