Russian defectors: How to escape the military
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
After the downing of the Russian plane on Wednesday, Vitaly speaks to Petro Yatsenko, the Ukrainian spokesman for the coordination for the treatment of prisoners of war. Victoria and Vitaly also discuss the successes of his team’s ‘I want to live’ hotline that helps Russian soldiers defect.
And they’re joined by author and Time correspondent, Simon Shuster, to talk about his new book ‘The Showman’. It follows President Zelensky and his team in the lead up to the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They discuss how the President has changed over the course of the war, and if being a comedy actor has helped him in his presidential role.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Ivana Davidovic, Clare Williamson and Keiligh Baker. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Lucy Boast. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it's 702 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.4 | And there are still a lot more questions than answers about the downing of that Russian plane on |
| 0:14.7 | Wednesday morning in Russia and near Belgrade. |
| 0:18.0 | Vatali, since we did the emergency episode, what else have we learned? |
| 0:22.0 | Well importantly, Ukraine has not denied the possibility that Ukrainian prisoners of war |
| 0:29.4 | weren't bought that plane, or that Ukrainian forces shot that plane down. |
| 0:35.0 | Since then, President Zelenski said Ukraine was working hard |
| 0:39.0 | to establish all the facts |
| 0:41.0 | and a representative of Ukrainian defense intelligence told the BBC |
| 0:47.4 | that he does not exclude the possibility that Ukrainian prisoners were |
| 0:53.0 | and bored the ill-fated ill-76. |
| 0:56.2 | Right, so obviously investigations continuing. |
| 0:59.3 | We won't have answers for a while, I suppose. |
| 1:01.4 | And on today's episode, we are going to hear from the Ukrainian |
| 1:06.0 | who actually coordinates the treatment of prisoners of war on what he knows about |
| 1:11.6 | this plane crash and also he's going to tell us more about |
| 1:14.7 | the hotline he runs for Russian defectors. This is Ukraine cast. |
| 1:22.0 | Ukraine cast from BBC News. |
| 1:24.0 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart rage and pain. |
| 1:29.0 | Millions of people are without heating, without water. |
| 1:32.0 | Putin is the aggressor. of people are without heating, without water. |
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