Russia claims capture of key Ukrainian city
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
After months of fighting, the Kremlin says Russian forces have seized the frontline city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. It links several other key cities in the Donetsk region. Last month, Ukraine sent reinforcements to try to fend off the Russian attack. Kyiv has not acknowledged the loss of the city. Also: the White House defends Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over US military action off the coast of Venezuela; the presidential election result in Honduras is too close to call; the World Health Organization calls for weight loss jabs to be more widely available; what Australian teenagers make of an up-coming social media ban; the 85km long traffic jam in Siberia; and an interview with the Taiwanese director who shot a critically-acclaimed film on iPhones.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Tuesday the 2nd of December, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.3 | The Kremlin says that Russian forces have captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Pukrovsk. |
| 0:23.5 | U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegsuth distances himself from a second airstrike on a suspected |
| 0:29.5 | drugboat off the coast of Venezuela. |
| 0:32.0 | 400 people remain missing in Sri Lanka, which has been devastated by floods. |
| 0:38.1 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:40.1 | They have had 15, 20 years in this space to do that of their own volition now, |
| 0:44.7 | and the harms that are coming through by independent research demonstrate it's not enough. |
| 0:49.0 | So we have made it the law. |
| 0:50.7 | As Australia prepares to ban teenagers from social media, the government hits back at critics. |
| 0:59.1 | Russia has said that its forces have captured the key logistics hub of Pukrovsk in eastern Ukraine, |
| 1:06.0 | although this hasn't been independently confirmed. |
| 1:08.8 | Moscow's Defence Ministry posted a video purportedly showing its troops |
| 1:12.5 | raising a flag over Pocrov's Central Square. |
| 1:16.7 | Kiev had sent reinforcements last month in a bid to fend off Russia's attack, |
| 1:20.9 | and it's not acknowledged losing a city that's been reduced to rubble by months of conflict. |
| 1:26.1 | Our correspondent Will, is following developments |
| 1:29.1 | and told me what we know so far. President Putin reportedly visited a military command post yesterday, |
| 1:35.3 | and the chief of the general staff, Valeri Gerasimov, informed him officially that the city had |
| 1:40.7 | been, in his words, liberated. There's been no confirmation from Ukraine or anyone |
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