Is Trump toughening his stance on Ukraine?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has held a last-minute meeting with President Zelensky despite repeated criticism of the Ukrainian leader on the campaign trail, and a row which erupted with with the Republican party.
So is the former president hardening his stance on Ukraine? And how do Ukrainians feel about the forthcoming US election?
Victoria and Vitaly are joined by Americast co-presenter Anthony Zurcher and two Ukrainians based in Kyiv.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Cordelia Hemming and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Richard Fenton-Smith. 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. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 947 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | And Vitali, while President Zelensky has been in the United States lobbying for continued support, |
| 0:14.7 | the man who could be the next president had this to say. |
| 0:18.1 | Look at the war in Ukraine and I think it's something we have to have a quick discussion about because the president of Ukraine is in our country. |
| 0:27.0 | He's making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president, me. But take a look at the war happening right now in |
| 0:38.0 | Ukraine it would have never happened if I were president to start off with. They just don't know what to do. They're locked |
| 0:44.7 | into a situation. It's sad. They just don't know what to do. Because Ukraine is gone. It's not Ukraine anymore. You can never replace those cities and towns and you can never replace the dead people. So many dead people. Any deal even the worst deal would have been better than |
| 1:06.8 | What we have right now |
| 1:09.2 | Strong strong word. Yeah really strong statement. That was a bold statement. |
| 1:13.0 | And what I want you to think about as you're listening to this, as you've just heard what Trump said, |
| 1:17.2 | by the time you are listening to Ukrainecast this evening, Trump and Zelensky will have met. So what the heck is Zellensky going to say to Trump about those comments? |
| 1:26.4 | After this the Ukraine is gone, it's not there anymore and as you will know Victoria the relationship between President Zelensky and Donald Trump |
| 1:37.4 | Has always been kind of the rocky bumpy and it's not getting any better a row erupted between Zelensky and the Republicans during his visit to the states. |
| 1:47.0 | After President Zelensky visit an ammunition factory in Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton in the key swing state of Pennsylvania and that |
| 1:57.4 | upset the Republicans hugely. |
| 1:59.6 | Why? |
| 2:00.6 | They say this amounts to meddling in elections in the United States. |
| 2:05.0 | Why is he meeting all those important Democrats and not Republicans? |
| 2:10.0 | And also, Rodin Marzalensky said that Trump, and I quote, |
| 2:14.0 | doesn't really know how to stop the war |
| 2:16.5 | even if he might think that he knows how. |
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