Odesa: A Week of Missile Strikes
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Why is Russia targeting the historic port city after it withdrew from the grain deal?
We hear from James Waterhouse, who has spent the weekend in Odesa and visited the landmark Transfiguration Cathedral, which was hit by strikes. And opera singer Katerina Tsymbaliuk tells us what it was like to perform in the cathedral and why her city’s residents are so resilient.
Also, Nick Sturdee has been speaking to contacts in Donbas about life in this Russian-annexed part of Eastern Ukraine.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The series producer is Tim Walklate 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
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 517 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Vitaly is back. |
| 0:12.6 | Welcome back, you look so well. |
| 0:14.1 | Was it good to have some time off? |
| 0:15.5 | Thanks very much, yeah. |
| 0:17.3 | You really need to take some time off if you want to continue functioning, so that's what |
| 0:22.1 | I did. |
| 0:23.1 | I went to Georgia and Azerbaijan. |
| 0:27.2 | And it was really interesting politically speaking in Georgia in Delisie, because on the |
| 0:36.0 | one hand, the whole city is inundated with migrants from Russia, there's a lot of them |
| 0:45.0 | everywhere. |
| 0:46.8 | And on the other hand, there's an incredibly huge amount of anti-Russian and pro-Ukrainian |
| 0:54.8 | graffiti. |
| 0:55.8 | To show you some pictures, some of it is really stark, like Russians are not welcome |
| 1:02.3 | here. |
| 1:03.3 | Russia is a terrorist. |
| 1:04.3 | Yes. |
| 1:05.3 | And the reason for that, the main reason, I think, is because Georgia's had its own problems |
| 1:10.8 | with Russia before. |
| 1:12.8 | In 2008, Georgia lost about 20% of its territory after a war with Russia. |
| 1:21.6 | So I think it's fair to say that Russia is not the most popular country there. |
| 1:27.7 | And even in unexpected places like restaurants and bars, I've seen leaflets on the table |
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