Q&A: Is Ukraine still happy with President Zelensky?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Could Ukraine host fresh elections? How could the war end? Do we believe Mike Pompeo’s interpretation of how Donald Trump would end the war in 24 hours?
Victoria and Jamie are joined by General Sir Richard Barrons, former commander of the UK's Joint Forces Command, to answer these questions from you… and more.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Jamie Coomarasamy. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Natasha Mayo. The technical producer was Philip Bull. 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
You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it's 818 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.1 | And we have had a lot of messages from you in recent weeks especially in the last few days because of our conversation with Mike Pompeo, former US Secretary of State under Trump, former CIA Director under Trump, and it's fair to say that, |
| 0:26.7 | well it was mixed really, some of you thought gosh he was quite spiky, some of you were actually really pleased at how fully he was supporting |
| 0:36.4 | Ukraine's fight against Russia. You listened didn't you, J. me? |
| 0:40.0 | Yeah, it was fascinating, I have to say. It was a really interesting interview and yes, predictably a range of comments and we're going to be hearing some of them, but we'll also be discussing some of the other issues that are swirling around still of course the recent |
| 0:54.4 | offensive in the Haqiv region the future of the war the broader prospects for a peace |
| 1:00.3 | settlement as well and also the fact that well elections were due to take place |
| 1:06.0 | they are not taking place in Ukraine for obvious reasons but what is the fact that |
| 1:10.5 | Volodimisulenski is now passed when he was due to be up for re-election, |
| 1:15.4 | although of course he said he wouldn't stand for re-election when he was voted in in 2019. |
| 1:20.1 | What does that tell us about where Ukraine is when it comes to democracy and what kind of impact might that have on the war on broader support for Ukraine? |
| 1:28.7 | We've got lots of questions from you, our listeners around the world, which will attempt to answer today with the help of a |
| 1:34.3 | former leading general in the British Army. This is Ukraine cast. |
| 1:39.6 | Ukraine cast from BBC News. |
| 1:42.3 | Evil cannot be trusted. |
| 1:44.0 | Ask PRIGOjion. |
| 1:45.0 | You are not dealing with a politician, |
| 1:48.0 | but with a bloody monster. |
| 1:50.0 | Is there a need for a serious opponent? Why? |
| 1:54.0 | Ukraine is unbroken, unbound and unconquered. |
| 1:57.0 | It's not just about Ukraine, it's about the whole future of Europe. |
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