Russia seizes key city
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Russia has claimed control of the key eastern city Lysychansk and the region around it. The Kremlin said this was one of its main aims. So, what happens next?
Lyse, Vitaly and Irena check in with Maksym, a Ukrainian soldier fighting on the front line. Also, Pavlo Shulga, who works with Ukraine Trust Chain, tells us about his latest trip to the area around Lysychansk where he was attacked as he delivered food and helped evacuate people.
As world leaders meet in Switzerland for the Ukraine Recovery Conference, Timothy Ash talks us through the astronomical cost of rebuilding Ukraine, and who will pay for it.
Today’s podcast was produced by Alison Gee with Osman Iqbal, Ivana Davidovic, Phil Marzouk and Louise Hidalgo. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's day 131 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.2 | And how Turkey is deciding, what is it going to do with a Russian cargo ship, the |
| 0:16.3 | Jebek Jolie? |
| 0:17.7 | It was detained by customs officials over the weekend. |
| 0:20.9 | Russia has been accused of using it to take stolen grain out of Ukraine. |
| 0:26.5 | And that ship left the Ukrainian port of Berghansk, which was captured by the Russians a while |
| 0:34.0 | ago, with a shipment of grain. |
| 0:37.2 | And this was actually announced in social media by somebody called Yevhen Balitsky, who |
| 0:43.0 | is the man Russia installed to run the captured parts of the area in the Paris region. |
| 0:50.2 | And he said, yeah, this first shipment is taking grain to friendly countries. |
| 0:55.4 | Then he amended his post on telegram to remove all mention of grain. |
| 1:02.2 | Why? |
| 1:03.2 | Because Russia denies this. |
| 1:05.6 | And the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, in particular says that Russia has |
| 1:09.6 | got nothing to do with this whole grain crisis. |
| 1:13.0 | It's all Ukraine's fault. |
| 1:14.7 | This food crisis is being used for a variety of purposes, not only for propaganda. |
| 1:23.4 | So clear Ukraine's name, and once again blame everything on Moscow. |
| 1:27.9 | But if you tell you that they are saying that this is from areas they occupy, so they |
| 1:33.5 | can deal with the grain from there. |
| 1:35.9 | Yes. |
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