Q&A: Minerals deal, security guarantees and Nato membership
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
After months of tense negotiations Ukraine and the US have signed a much-anticipated natural resources deal - and YOU have lots of questions about it.
Why is Ukraine going ahead with it? Can it still join NATO? What could the US offer Russia?
Lucy is joined by Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse, BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson and diplomatic correspondent James Landale to answer these and more.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings. The producers were Laurie Kalus and Ben Carter. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. 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. |
| 0:04.8 | It's 1,163 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.6 | And overnight, we heard the news that the US and Ukraine have finally signed that long-awaited natural resources deal. |
| 0:17.3 | And you, our lovely listeners to Ukrainecast, have been asking us all sorts of questions about this development and whether it brings us any closer to peace in Ukraine. |
| 0:26.3 | Well, we've been trying to answer some of those questions. |
| 0:28.9 | We've been live on the BBC News Live page and IPlayer, and we're going to bring you that conversation now. |
| 0:34.0 | But before we get going, a request, please keep your questions coming in. We do love |
| 0:38.0 | getting them via the details that we have for you in our show notes. We're going to be here |
| 0:42.1 | every Thursday. We can't do it though without your help. We need your questions, whether they're |
| 0:45.9 | big or small, just send them in. This is Ukrainecast. |
| 0:50.4 | Ukraine cast from babies and use. Life is not safe in Ukraine, nowhere in Ukraine. |
| 0:56.0 | We've had three years of bloody conflict now. |
| 0:58.0 | We need to get that lasting peace. |
| 1:00.1 | We hope we can finish this war this year. |
| 1:03.2 | President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker. |
| 1:07.2 | Biden will just enemy. |
| 1:08.7 | Trump is a rival. |
| 1:10.1 | Ukrainians will pay lives for this decision. |
| 1:12.2 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 1:15.4 | Hello and welcome to a special edition of Ukrainecast, which is being broadcast both on the BBC |
| 1:20.7 | News Live page and also on the BBC iPlayer. |
| 1:23.9 | Welcome. |
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