meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Ukrainecast

North Koreans in Russia: How dangerous is the world right now?

Ukrainecast

BBC

News Commentary, News

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Is peace with Russia possible? Could any North Korean involvement in the war mean escalation? And has the world ever been more dangerous in recent times?

In his first BBC interview since standing down as chief of the general staff, General Sir Patrick Sanders joins us to discuss why he thinks the the world order is under threat and why Ukraine must prevail.

Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Diane Richardson. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sara Wadeson. 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

You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.

0:04.7

Hello, it's 972 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

0:10.0

And remember Vitali just last week on the podcast we were talking about

0:13.4

whether we were actually going to see video and photos of North Koreans

0:17.6

either in Russia or on the Ukrainian border well we do appear to have evidence now that North Korea is sending troops to fight with

0:25.7

Russia in Ukraine.

0:26.7

Yes, I've seen two really interesting videos.

0:31.7

In one of them you see troops apparently North Korean

0:38.1

marching in Russia and I know it's Russia because I've looked at the clip I've looked at the map and I think I'm

0:44.4

certain saying that they were marching in a Russian village called Sergei

0:49.7

in the Russian fire east. So near the North Korean border?

0:53.2

Well, not too far from it.

0:55.1

Okay.

0:56.1

It's the part of Russia that's closest to North Korea.

0:59.4

So what makes me think that they're North Koreans?

1:02.4

You can't really hear very clearly what they're shouting,

1:06.2

but I've spoken to people who speak Korean and they say the tone and the kind of the

1:11.7

How is being said it sounds Korean in the northern accent

1:16.4

and also the person who's filming the clip and you can see his military Chevron

1:21.0

so he's a member of the Russian military he's saying our base is suddenly how he military.

1:23.0

Our base is suddenly hosting, he says millions of these people.

1:26.0

He says millions of these people.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.