Liverpool and Kyiv unite for Eurovision rave
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Clubs in Kyiv and Liverpool are linking up for a simultaneous rave this weekend to celebrate Eurovision and show their solidarity. Hot Chip, DJ James Lavelle and experimental Ukrainian DJ Mingulitka will all be performing. Organisers Jez Collins and Vlad Yaremchuk explain how they have to work with the midnight curfew in Kyiv and how the ravers in both locations will be able to see each other on the dancefloor. Also, the BBC’s cyber correspondent Joe Tidy reflects on his recent visit to Ukraine where he met drone pilots in training and hackers. And BBC Ukraine’s Kateryna Khinkulova remembers a former colleague, journalist Oleksandr Bondarenko, who was killed on the front line in Ukraine.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The series producer is Fiona Leach. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and the 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 (Music courtesy of Mingulitka)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 433 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:15.0 | The funeral of a young brother and sister, Sophia Shulihar, H12, and her 17-year-old brother, |
| 0:22.0 | Karelo Pysarev, who were killed by a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Uman, |
| 0:27.0 | was held on Sunday. |
| 0:31.0 | The coffins of the two young people were draped in flowers as their mother inna |
| 0:40.0 | and their little brother Mikhalo and father Dmitro Wept during the service. |
| 0:45.0 | And Sophia, and for all those who are never killed in our city of Uman, |
| 0:54.0 | it's time for us to be every citizen of our state. |
| 1:00.0 | 109 people were living in the part of the block that was hit, |
| 1:05.0 | and 27 flats were completely destroyed. |
| 1:09.0 | The official death toll stands at 23 civilians, including six children, |
| 1:14.0 | that is, the highest number of people killed in a single attack in Ukraine, |
| 1:19.0 | since the destruction of an apartment block in Dnipro, in January. |
| 1:26.0 | This is a crime cost. |
| 1:30.0 | Ukraine costs for lives and lives. |
| 1:32.0 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart, age, and pain. |
| 1:37.0 | Millions of people are without heating, without water. |
| 1:40.0 | Putin is the aggressor. |
| 1:42.0 | He will be rigid to use nuclear weapons. |
| 1:46.0 | They killed him and fled. |
| 1:48.0 | I do not know how women managed to survive. |
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