Maidan: Where it all began?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Gabriel Gatehouse takes us back to the anti-corruption protests of 2013 in Kyiv’s Maidan Square that told Moscow it was losing influence in Ukraine.
Viktoria Andrusha tells us why she risked her life and her freedom by informing on Russian troops as they moved into her town.
And we hear how Russia is currently reporting on the war and how the propaganda machine is presenting the recent withdrawal from Kherson.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire, Gabriel Gatehouse and Vitaliy Shevchenko.
The producers were Fiona Leach, Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical coordinator was Emma Crowe. The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The assistant editor is Alison Gee. And the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's 271 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:09.2 | And nine years ago today, something big happened. |
| 0:12.6 | Gabriel, hello. |
| 0:13.6 | Hi, Victoria, good to be back. |
| 0:16.5 | It's exactly nine years ago today that protests began |
| 0:21.4 | on Maidan, independent square in the center of Kiev. |
| 0:27.2 | They were peaceful protests, |
| 0:29.1 | but they built up, and three months later, |
| 0:32.9 | it turned into a bloodbath on that very same square. |
| 0:38.6 | I was there, and it was that moment that led to where we are today. |
| 0:42.8 | So we're going to be talking about that in the program. |
| 0:45.0 | Also, we're going to be talking a little bit |
| 0:47.0 | about how the Russian media are covering this war, |
| 0:50.0 | what Russians sitting at home watching the TV |
| 0:53.0 | are seeing and hearing following reversals |
| 0:56.2 | in the Russian military's prosecution. |
| 1:00.5 | Also on the podcast today, we are going to hear |
| 1:02.8 | from an unbelievably courageous young woman, Victoria. |
| 1:06.5 | She's 26. |
| 1:07.8 | She essentially took it upon herself to spy |
| 1:11.4 | on Russian troops and their military vehicles |
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