Q&A: Proxy wars, drone walls, and Russian supply lines
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
How might Russia respond to the potential delivery of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine? What can Europe do to win round Hungary's Viktor Orbán? And what would a drone wall to protect Europe actually look like?
To answer your questions, Jamie and Vitaly are joined by Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse and BBC Verify's Olga Robinson. The team also discuss proxy wars, foreign troops and false flag operations.
Today’s episode is presented by Jamie Coomarasamy and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Laurie Kalus and Julia Webster. The technical producer was James Piper. The social producer was Sophie Millward. The executive producer is Lewis Vickers. The series producer is Chris Flynn. 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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| 0:26.2 | It's 1,324 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:32.0 | And after Vladimir Putin warned that mooted American plans to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles represented |
| 0:39.6 | a whole new level of escalation. Donald Trump rather dialed down his rhetoric this week, |
| 0:45.3 | saying he would only deliver the long-range weapons if he knew what Ukraine planned to do with them. |
| 0:51.1 | Further diplomatic engagement with Moscow seems unlikely for now after the Russian |
| 0:55.3 | foreign ministry's assessment that any momentum that was gained at August's Alaska summit |
| 1:00.2 | had been largely exhausted. Meanwhile, as Germany became the latest NATO member to report hostile |
| 1:06.6 | drone sightings in its airspace, President Zelensky accused Russia of using its so-called |
| 1:11.7 | shadow fleet to launch reconnaissance operations. And with legislation being drafted across the |
| 1:18.0 | continent to allow security forces to destroy drones, is Europe preparing for escalation too? |
| 1:24.6 | You've been in touch with plenty of questions and as always our team are here to answer |
| 1:29.8 | them on this episode of Ukrainecast. |
| 1:33.3 | Ukrainecast from BBC News. This is a sovereign nation under unprovoked attack. We are ready to finish |
| 1:41.2 | this war as quick as possible. Russia is not preparing for peace. |
| 1:45.2 | We are an enemy of NATO and we'll do whatever is necessary to ensure our security. |
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