Sunak visits Zelensky in Kyiv
Ukrainecast
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4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced the military aid package on a surprise visit to Ukraine where he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. James Landale is travelling with the PM and sent us an update from on the ground.
The Economist’s Defence editor, Shashank Joshi, is back with us to help explain what the visit and the money means. And we get reaction to how this has been received in Ukraine from former defence official, Alexander Khara.
Also on today’s programme, we hear from Anastasia Taylor-Lind, a poet and photojournalist who has spent a decade documenting the war in Donbas.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Jack Graysmark. 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 688 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | And this morning, a surprise announcement that the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had travelled to Ukraine. |
| 0:16.5 | I'm sorry that you and your people are experiencing so much suffering and I want you to know that we in the United Kingdom will continue to do |
| 0:23.4 | everything we can to support you to ensure that your country and your people are safe again. |
| 0:29.5 | That's him visiting people in Kyiv whose homes have been severely bombed. |
| 0:35.3 | And while in the Ukrainian capital, Rieshunak announced 2.5 billion pounds in funding for Ukraine for the next financial year. |
| 0:45.7 | It's the UK's largest commitment since the war in Ukraine started. |
| 0:50.7 | And we're going to ask on this episode, how significant is Mr. Sunak's visit and how significant is that sum of money. |
| 0:57.5 | This is a crane cast. Ukraine casts from these news. |
| 1:07.0 | Evil cannot be trusted. |
| 1:10.0 | Ask pre-Gosin if one bets on Putin's promises. |
| 1:13.2 | Ukraine is losing this war. |
| 1:15.4 | Withdraw your troops and then we can talk peace. |
| 1:18.8 | Ukraine is unbroken, unbound and unconquer. |
| 1:22.1 | No, they will not break hers. I don't understand what this war is for. |
| 1:27.0 | Hello, this is Victoria Darbyshire in the BBC radio car studio |
| 1:36.8 | and back with us today on what is a very busy day for the Economist Defence |
| 1:41.2 | editor Shashank Joshi. |
| 1:43.6 | To help us explain what this visit by Rishisunak and the money for Ukraine will all mean. |
| 1:47.7 | Welcome back, Shashank. |
| 1:48.7 | Hello Victoria, hi Vitali, thanks so much for having me back on. |
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