Putin heads to North Korea
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
What will Putin’s meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un mean for Ukraine? Reports suggest that North Korea is supplying weapons to Russia to use in its war in Ukraine. With the two leaders meeting for the second time in under a year, this growing alliance is making some Western leaders uneasy.
Today’s episode is presented by Vitaly Shevchenko and James Waterhouse with BBC Moscow producer Ben Tavener and Seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie. It was produced by Clare Williamson with Bella Saltiel and Sanjana Idnani. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news 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. |
| 0:04.7 | It's 846 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.4 | And Russian President Vladimir Putin is traveling to North Korea later today. |
| 0:16.0 | We're recording this at lunchtime UK time and the Russian president is expected to land in the North Korean capital Pyongyang at some point later today. |
| 0:27.0 | It's a relationship of recent times, isn't it? Fueled by Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:33.0 | Russia needs ammunition, North Korea needs food and fuel. |
| 0:38.0 | So it seems to be a continuation of that, but typically this is a trip |
| 0:42.0 | shrouded in secrecy, isn't it? |
| 0:43.4 | It's an important trip for both countries. |
| 0:46.8 | There are banners out in Pyongyang Airport welcoming the Russian leader and North Korean state TV is currently broadcasting concerts |
| 0:56.6 | of Russian military and pro-war music ahead of present Putin's visit. The last time the two met was in September in |
| 1:07.6 | Vladivostok, Eastern Russia, but this is the first time Vladimir Putin traveled |
| 1:12.1 | to Pyongyang since the year 2000. |
| 1:15.0 | And of course, Vitali, we will try and address the core question behind this visit, |
| 1:19.6 | what this will mean for Moscow's continued invasion of Ukraine. This is a grain cast. |
| 1:26.0 | Ukraine cast from Bivis. |
| 1:29.0 | Evil cannot be trusted. Ask pre-Gosin. |
| 1:33.0 | You are not dealing with a politician, but with a bloody monster. |
| 1:37.5 | Is there a need for a serious opponent? |
| 1:40.2 | Why? |
| 1:41.0 | Ukraine is unbroken, unbowed and unconquer. |
| 1:44.0 | It's not just about Ukraine, it's about the whole future of Europe. |
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