Russia strikes Ukraine in one of the biggest attacks of the war
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
President Zelensky says the world must respond firmly after Russia attacked Ukraine with one of its heaviest bombardments of the war. He accused Moscow of deliberately killing civilians and spurning ceasefire attempts. Russian missile strikes on Kyiv also damaged the offices of the European Union. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, accused Russia of targeting the EU and of stopping at nothing to terrorise Ukraine. Also: new research points to climate change encouraging the spread of wildfires; people have taken to the streets in Indonesia for the second time this week to protest against what they see as excessive pay and benefits for lawmakers, and Rwanda has received the first US migrants deported to the African country under a controversial new deal.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.5 | I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 28th of August. |
| 0:10.6 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:12.4 | Russia rains missiles and drones on Ukraine in its second biggest attack since the war began. |
| 0:18.3 | New research points to climate change encouraging the spread of wildfires. |
| 0:22.9 | In a drier and hotter world, we are going to burn more and we're going to burn more severely |
| 0:29.5 | and we're going to continue to burn in higher frequency. Also in this podcast, more protests take place in Indonesia. |
| 0:40.5 | And Rwanda has received the first US migrants deported to the African country under a |
| 0:46.2 | controversial New Deal. |
| 0:52.0 | We start in Ukraine where there's been the second biggest assault on the country since the war |
| 0:57.3 | with Russia began more than three years ago. In the capital, Kiev, residential areas have been |
| 1:02.1 | hit by massive Russian missile and drone strikes overnight. More than 20 districts in the capital |
| 1:07.8 | were targeted. A five-story building has been destroyed and a shopping center hit. |
| 1:13.2 | As we record this podcast, at least 16 people are dead, including four children. |
| 1:18.5 | First responders are clearing rubble and looking for survivors. |
| 1:21.9 | Sophia was in a building that was hit. |
| 1:33.8 | At first, I heard an explosion just in the background, then one strong explosion, and then the windows were broken. |
| 1:35.7 | I wanted to get up and run, but I waited a couple of seconds, and there was a second explosion. |
| 1:41.7 | We ran out. |
| 1:42.5 | There were no doors or windows. Honestly, it's never happened |
| 1:46.0 | before that they attacked so close to me. Everyone is suffering now. It comes to any area. |
| 1:51.9 | As we can see, no negotiations have yielded anything yet. Unfortunately, people are suffering. |
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