Russia's New Commander
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The man involved in Syria and Chechnya is now reported to be in charge of operations in Ukraine. Victoria, Vitaly and Frank are joined by Reuters' former Moscow correspondent, Oliver Bullough, to discuss General Aleksander Dvornikov’s past and what this means for the war.
They also speak to Oleksandra Matviichuk, a human rights worker in Kyiv who’s just found out that her dad is alive after more than a month of no contact.
And, two very different diplomatic visits are on the agenda - Boris Johnson’s trip to Kyiv and the Austrian Chancellor’s visit to Moscow, making him the first Western leader to go there since the war started.
Today's episode was made by Alison Gee with Osman Iqbal and Chris Flynn. The technical director was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's now day 47 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.2 | And since the start of the war, |
| 0:11.1 | you will know that we have been talking |
| 0:12.7 | to many people to get their personal stories |
| 0:15.8 | from right across Ukraine. |
| 0:18.0 | And one individual who has been posting videos on YouTube |
| 0:22.4 | is a 15-year-old called Elena Zagrebac. |
| 0:25.5 | And she recorded these at the end of February, |
| 0:30.5 | but was only able to upload them at the end of March. |
| 0:33.3 | And these are videos that she made of her home |
| 0:37.0 | in Mara Yupal when the invasion began. |
| 0:40.6 | So Elena is saying that a couple of people got wounded. |
| 0:47.0 | The whole place looks like a horror movie set. |
| 0:56.5 | There's some blood, and it's her father's blood. |
| 1:03.5 | Her father is actually alive, we should say that. |
| 1:06.5 | When you watch this, I mean, she sounds really matter of fact |
| 1:11.5 | as she's walking through her house, |
| 1:14.5 | which is destroyed pretty much. |
| 1:17.5 | You can hear her crunching on the glass |
| 1:19.5 | and the rubble underneath her feet. |
| 1:22.5 | And then you see a bed with a colorful bed cover, |
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