Preparing for that parade
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Why is May 9 so important to Putin?
Victoria, Fergal and Vitaliy are joined by Dr. Ammon Cheskin who explains what Victory Day in Russia is really like and whether Putin will use it to declare mass mobilisation.
Also, Andrew Harding joins us from the frontline in Donbas where he is meeting people quietly expressing their Russian identity.
And Ukrainecast listener Emma wrestles with different views on the war in her own home, as she houses a Ukrainian man fleeing the war.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Natalie Ktena and Phil Marzouk. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 72 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:09.7 | And it means we're just a few days away from a date |
| 0:12.3 | which could prove really quite significant, |
| 0:15.7 | the 9th of May. |
| 0:17.5 | Many of you will know because we've discussed it |
| 0:19.3 | on the podcast that that marks the Soviet victory |
| 0:22.0 | over the Nazis in 1945. |
| 0:24.7 | This year, what are those commemorations, |
| 0:28.0 | those Kremlin-backed celebrations going to be like? |
| 0:31.1 | They could take on a whole different meaning. |
| 0:34.6 | And it's quite unsettling to see that preparations |
| 0:39.0 | for the Victory Day, Russia's Victory Day, |
| 0:42.5 | are underway in southern Ukraine in Marie-Pol. |
| 0:45.7 | Hi, my name is Honitarno Missu, I'm a journalist. |
| 0:48.6 | Here we see local people sweeping up the streets, |
| 0:52.8 | saying they're making preparations for the 9th of May. |
| 0:58.2 | This is this video shot by a Associated Press |
| 1:00.8 | and you can see kind of Dumpetrucks |
| 1:03.0 | collecting all the debris from the bombing |
| 1:04.8 | that the Russians have done, clearing it all the debris away, |
| 1:08.4 | clearing the streets, sweeping up, |
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