Russia takes control in Avdiivka & Navalny’s body ‘hidden from relatives’
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
All this week, our regular hosts David Knowles, Dominic Nicholls and Francis Dearnley are on the ground in Ukraine, conducting major interviews with senior figures, hearing testimony of Kyiv citizens and reporting on the run-up to the two-year anniversary of the full scale invasion.
Day 723.
Today, we discuss Russia claiming control of a Soviet-era coke plant in Avdiivka, and hear from David, Francis, and Dom live in Ukraine. Plus, Estonia’s prime minister calls on the West to seize Russia’s frozen assets before the US election and we hear how Navalny’s body has been ‘hidden from relatives’ as his widow vows to continue his work.
Contributors:
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
Nataliya Vasilyeva (Jerusalem Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
Team in Ukraine:
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles22 on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
With thanks to:
Julia Tymoshenko. @YuliaTymosha on X.
Former president of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid. @KerstiKaljulaid on X.
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| 0:00.0 | W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. K. K. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm David Knowles and welcome to a special week of Ukraine, the latest. You might be able to hear in the background of this |
| 0:14.4 | recording a train. That's because myself Francis sternly, |
| 0:17.7 | Dom Nichols and our wonderful producers Adleopje Monte and Jack Lather |
| 0:21.4 | are on the night train to Kyiv. It's been a very long day of travel for us. We've flown to Warsaw. |
| 0:28.0 | I think Dom and Francis, you guys met a listener on the plane, is that right? |
| 0:33.0 | We did indeed, very nice gentleman who was actually listening to the |
| 0:37.5 | podcast that we did at the US embassy during the week on the plane. |
| 0:41.0 | Just to paint you a bit of a picture here, we are in a four-person sleeper car sort of |
| 0:45.9 | of compartment. |
| 0:46.9 | Dom Nichols is sitting opposite me. |
| 0:48.2 | His shoes are off, the window is open. |
| 0:50.4 | Frances Dernley is next to me, but he's taking the bottom bunk. |
| 0:53.0 | Shack is standing outside in the corridor with a camera at the ready and Adelaide is very kindly holding |
| 0:56.8 | the microphone in front of me. |
| 0:58.8 | So just to explain very quickly, we'll be in queue for a week so if you're there and you see us, do shout and do wave. |
| 1:04.6 | And all of us will be out and about interviewing people and trying to do our best to talk to ordinary |
| 1:10.0 | Ukrainians and people in positions of power and authority who can shed more light on |
| 1:14.8 | what's happening this week and the previous two years. So thank you so much for |
| 1:18.7 | listening, thank you for all of your support over the past few years and we carry on. |
| 1:23.2 | The World A Virtue. I'm Roland Olefant and this is Ukraine the latest. Today we bring you the |
| 1:37.3 | latest news from Ukraine as Russia claims control of a Soviet here at Coge Plantin |
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