President Zelensky gets a warm welcome in Washington
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
President Zelensky is making his first overseas visit since the war began. He’s in Washington for talks with President Biden and is also due to address Congress. The BBC’s North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher gauges the level of support for Ukraine in the US and from Moscow, Steve Rosenberg explains how the Kremlin is reacting to the visit.
Also BBC disability reporter Ruth Clegg has been meeting the families of disabled Ukrainian refugees in Poland. They tell her the care they have received in Poland has changed their lives - in Ukraine many disabled people had been neglected in institutions.
And we catch up with Volodymyr Demchenko a young soldier who made films before the war. He tells Victoria about life on the front line in Bakhmut.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings, Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Fiona Leach. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall. 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 301 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.2 | And as we record, President Zelensky is in the air, flying out of Ukraine and heading |
| 0:14.6 | to Washington. |
| 0:16.5 | This is the first time his left his country since Russia invaded it in February. |
| 0:22.5 | He needs the US on side, providing military hardware and money. |
| 0:26.3 | Viewers are seeing right now outside of the White House at the Northgate. |
| 0:31.8 | The motorcade coming in, it looked like the very first in the rivals there was President |
| 0:37.0 | Zelensky's car. |
| 0:41.0 | So far, the US has supported Ukraine to the tune of $50 billion, and President Zelensky is |
| 0:46.9 | there to make sure American public opinion stays with Ukraine in spite of this cost. |
| 0:52.3 | Only yesterday, he was in the front line with his troops in Bachmut. |
| 1:02.0 | Meanwhile, President Putin was inside the Kremlin giving out medals to military and members |
| 1:07.6 | of the media. |
| 1:08.6 | The Prime Minister, Gubbernator of the Hirsonsk region, the Prime Minister of the Hirsonsk region, |
| 1:19.5 | the head of the Lugansk People's Republic. |
| 1:25.5 | Simonian Margarita Simonovna, the main editor of the TV channel, Rasha Tuday. |
| 1:33.8 | In today's episode, we're going to hear from both the US and from Russia, on how President |
| 1:39.3 | Zelensky's visit is being seen. |
| 1:41.6 | Well, it's cement US support, and will the Kremlin use it to ram home its message that |
| 1:46.5 | NATO is actually taking on Russia? |
| 1:49.6 | This is Ukraine cast. |
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