Russian forces vs the Ukrainian spirit
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
While Ukrainian cities are being bombarded with Russian fire, it might be of little comfort but Ukraine is winning the information war. Whether it's inspiring daily clips of the president rallying the country's morale or phone footage showing ordinary Ukrainians doing extraordinary things, what do two Ukrainians still in the country make of their country’s resistance so far?
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Guests: Lisa Yasko, Ukrainian MP in the Servant of the People party.
Oleksiy Sorokin, Political Editor, Kyiv Independent.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: DW News, NBC News, Global News.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Alex Dibble from the Times World in Ten Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Every day, we sit down and go through the stories being broken by our correspondence across the world, and we play you their interviews. |
| 0:12.0 | If he can be assassinated by India, what do they leave me as someone who's just as fun? |
| 0:16.0 | After she was reaped by Epstein, she ran. |
| 0:20.0 | If you struggle to keep up with the news, the world in ten is for you. |
| 0:24.0 | Listen, wherever you get your podcasts, it is ten minutes to stay on top of the world. |
| 0:30.0 | For two weeks now, the people of Ukraine have been plunged into despair. |
| 0:40.0 | But as the world watched the horror of the invasion unfold, we also bore witness to moments of astonishing bravery, defiance, and what can only be described as the extraordinary Ukrainian spirit. |
| 0:58.0 | We will not give up and we will not lose. We will fight till the end at sea in the air. |
| 1:08.0 | We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost. |
| 1:14.0 | We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets. |
| 1:22.0 | At this moment, ordinary Ukrainians are defending their homes and their families against a brutal assault. |
| 1:30.0 | And they are, by their actions, inspiring millions, by their courage and their devotion. |
| 1:38.0 | As the war in Ukraine enters its second week, President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging people to keep up their resistance. |
| 1:46.0 | Wherever they go, they will be destroyed. They will not have calm here, they will not have food, they will not have one quiet moment. |
| 1:55.0 | The occupiers will receive only one thing from Ukrainians, resistance. |
| 2:01.0 | In Harsan, Ukraine defiance. Residents woke up under Russian occupation and took to the streets. |
| 2:09.0 | Go home, there is no vodka here, this man says. Remember, Harsan is Ukraine. |
| 2:17.0 | From the woman who brought down a drone with a jar of tomatoes, to the man carrying a live mine, offer road, |
| 2:25.0 | while insucently puffing away on a cigarette, to the farmers moving tanks with their tractors, |
| 2:31.0 | ordinary Ukrainians have been standing up to the Russian onslaught. |
| 2:36.0 | There is an update on the 13 Ukrainian border guards on a tiny island in the Black Sea who were reported to have refused to surrender. |
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