Putin’s “ceasefire” and Ukraine’s healthcare battle
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Day 317.
Today, following the news that Putin has offered Ukraine a temporary “ceasefire”, we discuss the possible motivations for such an offer, and whether everything is as it seems.
And we hear of the challenges faced, and ensuing resilience and adaptability, shown by doctors and healthcare workers in Ukraine’s hospitals, in an interview with public health expert Oksana Pyzik.
Contributors:
Claire Hubble (Host). @ByClaireHubble on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
With thanks to Oksana Pyzik.
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| 0:00.0 | The telegraph. Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Claire Hubble and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, following the news that Putin |
| 0:17.6 | has offered Ukraine a temporary ceasefire, we discuss the possible motivations for such |
| 0:22.5 | an offer and whether everything is all as it seems. And we hear of the challenges faced |
| 0:28.4 | and ensuing resilience and adaptability shown by doctors and healthcare workers in |
| 0:32.9 | Ukraine's hospitals. In an interview with public health expert, Oksana Pizek. |
| 0:49.4 | Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilized energy markets the world over. Nobody is going |
| 0:55.6 | to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:01.2 | Every weekday afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the telegraphs London Newsroom |
| 1:06.3 | and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the war |
| 1:11.4 | in Ukraine. It's Thursday, the 6th of January, day 317. And to discuss the most recent |
| 1:19.8 | events in Ukraine and around the world, I'm joined by assistant comment editor Frances |
| 1:24.9 | Dan Lee, senior foreign correspondent Roland Dolephant, and lecturer at UCL School of |
| 1:30.5 | Pharmacy, pharmacist and global health advisor Oksana Pizek. I started by asking Roland |
| 1:37.0 | to explain the ceasefire in further detail. |
| 1:39.5 | Right, so as you said yesterday afternoon, the Kremlin suddenly put out a statement. It's |
| 1:46.2 | about 3 o'clock our time, I think, 325, saying that Vladimir Putin had ordered the Russian |
| 1:51.6 | armed forces to unilaterally ceasefire in Ukraine for 36 hours from midday to day until |
| 1:59.1 | midnight. Tomorrow night Saturday night to mark Eastern Orthodox Christmas. Today is Christmas |
| 2:04.7 | Eve, where is Christmas day by the Julian calendar, which most Orthodox believers in Russia |
| 2:10.8 | and Ukraine still follow. It was put out by the Kremlin as a response to a request from |
| 2:16.4 | at your career, who is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Kremlin ally, and it also |
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