Russia's Kherson Evacuation
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
As the Russian-installed leader of the region calls on its citizens to evacuate and “save themselves”, Vitaliy and Victoria hear about life under occupation in Kherson.
They talk to Tamila Imanova, a lawyer working for Memorial, the Russian human rights organisation just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She explains why she agrees with the Ukrainians who insist the Russian people must bear collective responsibility for the war, but warns against the risk of Russophobia. Former NATO adviser and political risk consultant, Samantha De Bendern answers listener questions about the military position of Ukraine and its allies after a week of heavy Russian bombardment.
And we hear from Iuliia Mendel, the former press secretary to President Zelensky, about his first and only meeting with President Putin in 2019.
This episode was presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
Today’s Ukrainecast was made by Ivana Davidovic, Arsenii Sokolov and Clare Williamson. The planning producers are Louise Hidalgo and Luke Radcliff and the technical director was Russell Newlove. The series producer is Estelle Doyle and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, it's 233 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.9 | And yesterday, the Russia-installed leader of Ukraine's southern Kherson region, called |
| 0:16.9 | Vladimir Saldo, has called on civilians to evacuate, and he said they needed to save themselves |
| 0:24.3 | because of Ukrainian rocket attacks. |
| 0:34.9 | Why is he telling people to get out? |
| 0:37.8 | His remarks come amid reports of Ukrainian troops advancing onto Kherson. |
| 0:45.7 | There are reports in West media that Ukrainian troops can possibly enter the city of Kherson |
| 0:51.2 | next week. |
| 0:53.0 | So what he said suggests a degree of concern, if not panic, and the authorities of Russia's |
| 1:03.5 | Rostov region, they said that the first group of people evacuated from Kherson is going |
| 1:10.4 | to arrive in Russia's Rostov today and Friday. |
| 1:15.6 | This is Ukraine, Kast. |
| 1:19.0 | Ukraine costs from these things. |
| 1:22.4 | The question for us now is to be or not to be. |
| 1:25.9 | I'm ordering the Ministry of Defence to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. |
| 1:31.7 | I could not imagine that I would find out that actually my home is bombed. |
| 1:36.6 | Putin is the aggression. |
| 1:38.6 | He will never be able to cleanse the blood from his hands. |
| 1:45.3 | Hello, this is Victoria Darbyshe in the Ukraine-Kast studio. |
| 1:48.8 | This is Vitaly Shepchenko, also in studio in London. |
| 1:52.8 | Now we're going to stay with Kherson because Vitaly earlier today you managed to speak to |
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