Missiles Return to Kyiv
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Russia targets Ukraine’s capital with missiles for the first time in weeks. Vitaly and Frank talk to Nataliia, who recently returned to Kyiv with her young son – they were woken up by the blasts.
Also, the UK says it will send its first long-range missiles to Ukraine. And Col Bob Seddon, who was once in charge of bomb disposal for the British army, tells us how he’s helping Ukrainians deal with mines.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Clare Williamson with Osman Iqbal and Philip Marzouk. The assistant editor was Alison Gee. The technical producer was Emma Crowe.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's the hundred and third day of the war in Ukraine, |
| 0:11.1 | and amidst the ruins of a school in Harkiv comes this. |
| 0:18.2 | Now is the time when school-leavers' parties |
| 0:22.3 | are traditionally held in Ukraine. |
| 0:24.7 | It's a very happy time. |
| 0:26.2 | Lots of trees are blossomed. |
| 0:27.6 | It's getting warm, it's very nice. |
| 0:29.8 | But this year, it's very different. |
| 0:31.7 | And what we're seeing here are about 10 graduates, |
| 0:37.3 | girls and black dresses, boys and black trousers, |
| 0:40.9 | dancing in front of a school in Harkiv, |
| 0:46.1 | completely gutted by fire and explosions. |
| 0:53.0 | And they're dancing to a tune called Maria |
| 0:56.5 | by a Ukrainian performer called Yana Shamayova. |
| 1:00.3 | And the song says they can bomber happiness, |
| 1:03.0 | they can shoot up our dreams, |
| 1:05.4 | but they cannot kill our freedom. |
| 1:17.7 | This is Ukraine, Kostya. |
| 1:20.4 | Ukraine cast from the east. |
| 1:23.2 | The question for us now is to be or not to be. |
| 1:27.2 | I'm ordering the Ministry of Defence |
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