Q&A with Fiona Hill: Where are the weapons Ukraine says it needs to fight Russia?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Dr Fiona Hill joins Victoria and Vitaly to answer questions sent in by Ukrainecast listeners. She’s a former US national intelligence officer and a historian who’s written a book about Putin. They tackle topics about how momentum in the war has shifted, who might succeed Putin and what difference it will make letting Ukraine fire Western made weapons into some Russian territories.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Bella Saltiel and Nick Holland. The technical producer was Frank McWeeny. 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. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it's 828 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.8 | And this episode is all about you and your questions about what's happening in Ukraine, |
| 0:14.3 | about what's happening in Russia and how this war might be resolved. |
| 0:18.4 | Hello Ukrainecast, what's a situation with the promised Patriot missiles? |
| 0:24.0 | When will Ukraine receive these and other air defences promised? |
| 0:29.0 | Hello Ukraine, Kuss. I'd like to ask what influence China could use to bring about a resolution to the war. |
| 0:34.0 | One day Putin may not be around. Who will succeed him? Someone worse? Is that even possible? |
| 0:41.0 | And here to give you some answers is Dr. Theona Hill. You may remember that we've had her on our |
| 0:46.5 | podcast before. Put the tense to disregard women. You know, I sat next to him twice in fact and I mean right next to him |
| 0:53.2 | to him twice in fact and I mean right next to him they must have profiled me and decided |
| 0:54.6 | that I was the least likely person to stab him in the neck with a fork. |
| 0:57.5 | She's not an assassin. |
| 0:59.0 | She has met President Putin a few times. |
| 1:01.5 | She used to be an intelligence officer for the US National |
| 1:04.5 | Security Council. She was Donald Trump's Russia expert when he was president, |
| 1:09.4 | although she told us last time she'd never work for him again. |
| 1:12.6 | And now she's back to answer the questions you've been sending in. |
| 1:16.2 | And we'll also discuss the news that President Biden is allowing Ukraine to hit some targets |
| 1:20.8 | in Russia with US weapons. This is Ukraine cast. |
| 1:24.7 | Ukraine cast from business. |
| 1:28.7 | Evil cannot be trusted. |
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