Summary
Russian forces have taken control of the key port city of Kherson. And at another port, Mariupol, people are now trapped by intense bombardments. Victoria speaks to a Kherson resident about what it’s like suddenly living under Russian rule.
Jonah Fisher, who until recently was the BBC’s Kyiv correspondent, charts the rise of Volodymyr Zelensky from Paddington Bear actor to wartime president, and we hear from his former spokeswoman, Julia Mendel.
And what’s the mood like in Moscow? Liza Fokht from the BBC Russian Service is back to explain the information gap between social media and state TV, and how the closure of IKEA and H&M is hitting home.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Natalie Ktena, Phil Marzouk and Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's eight days since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:08.8 | Come on! Come on! |
| 0:13.1 | Which means it's taken just over a week for Russian troops |
| 0:15.9 | to take control of a Ukrainian city. |
| 0:18.1 | And it's a city called Heson, |
| 0:19.8 | in the south where about 300,000 people live. |
| 0:24.4 | What does it mean if your city has fallen? |
| 0:27.8 | We will talk to someone who lives there |
| 0:29.4 | and try and explain that for you. |
| 0:32.7 | Much further east, |
| 0:34.8 | residents of the port city of Mariupol |
| 0:37.4 | have told the BBC that they are trying to survive |
| 0:39.9 | a relentless barrage of Russian shelling |
| 0:42.6 | that has smashed some of their neighborhoods |
| 0:44.6 | and cut off power and cut off water. |
| 0:48.2 | And then there's the capital. |
| 0:49.5 | Overnight, there were four loud explosions |
| 0:52.5 | and CBS will live on air for two of them. |
| 0:55.5 | What the hell was that? |
| 0:57.8 | I know. |
| 0:58.7 | And what you can see in this clip, |
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