Locked away in Ukraine's orphanages
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Long before Russia invaded Ukraine, the country was dealing with a problem: the abandoning of disabled people to institutions that weren’t fit for purpose. The BBC’s Dan Johnson and producer Ruth Clegg tell us about these institutions.
In the news, Russia continues to weaponise its gas supplies as a way of wielding leverage over Western nations. Dr Aura Sabadus, energy specialist at International Commodity Intelligence Service, takes us through how this is playing out.
But back in Ukraine, a 10-year-old checkers champion has been capturing hearts by raising funds for the army. We speak to her and her mother.
The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The producers are Phil Marzouk and Ivana Davidovic, and planning producer Louise Hidalgo. The technical producer is Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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 154 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.5 | And very early this morning I was riding my bike into work, listening to World Service |
| 0:15.9 | Radio, and a story came on about young disabled people in Ukraine. |
| 0:22.4 | And in the report, the BBC's Dan Johnson just detailed how these young people have been |
| 0:28.3 | completely robbed of their dignity, how they're living in school, |
| 0:32.6 | they have barely enough at times to survive, let alone even thrive. |
| 0:39.6 | And then I heard this clip and I had to pull over. |
| 0:44.0 | I've just seen a girl called Antonina laid on her mattress on the floor with her arms, |
| 0:50.1 | actually tied together to stop her getting up. |
| 0:54.8 | The nurse told us there's nothing she can do to help someone like Antonina. |
| 0:59.4 | She said nature has decided their fate. |
| 1:05.8 | This is Ukraine cast. |
| 1:07.9 | Ukraine cast, from BBC News. |
| 1:11.5 | The question for us now is to be or not to be. |
| 1:15.4 | I'm ordering the Ministry of Defence to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. |
| 1:20.8 | I could not imagine that I would find out that actually my home is bombed. |
| 1:32.8 | Hello, this is Lucy in the Ukraine cast studio. |
| 1:35.8 | This is Vitaly at home in Reading. |
| 1:38.9 | Back in May, you may remember our speaking about how many of Ukraine's disabled children |
| 1:43.6 | were being dumped, some of them were abandoned and orphanages that couldn't care for them. |
| 1:48.5 | And that was because the war was progressing throughout the east of the country. |
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