Summary
Fearless paramedic, Yuliia “Taira” Paievska, who filmed the horrors of Mariupol and was then held captive for 3 months by Russian proxy forces. She describes how she was physically and psychologically tortured.
Lyse and Irena discuss why a Ukrainian croissant is named after Boris Johnson – and the wider reactions to the UK’s Prime Minister resignation with Yuriy Sak, adviser to Ukraine's Minister of Defence.
And we find out why drones are playing such an important role in the war in Ukraine, with Anatoliy Tiagur, a drone operator for the army and BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale.
The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The producers are Osman Iqbal and Phil Marzouk. The technical producer is Emma Crowe. And the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 0330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 135 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | The war grinds on, and the reports are relentless, |
| 0:14.1 | but ever changing. |
| 0:15.9 | Russia advances, Ukrainian forces push back, |
| 0:19.2 | inch by inch, city by city. |
| 0:21.7 | New cities are sheld. |
| 0:24.7 | More loss of life, Russians, Ukrainians. |
| 0:28.3 | But while others question the necessity |
| 0:30.6 | and validity of this war, |
| 0:33.1 | day after day, one man is prepared to continue |
| 0:37.3 | as long as it takes. |
| 0:39.8 | Today we hear that we want to win in the field of war. |
| 0:46.8 | President Vladimir Putin, speaking to members |
| 0:49.3 | of his parliament, saying that he's willing to fight |
| 0:53.6 | to the last Ukrainian. |
| 0:55.7 | We hear that Russia wants to fight |
| 0:57.7 | to the last Ukrainian. |
| 1:00.7 | It's a tragedy for Ukrainian people. |
| 1:03.7 | But it looks like it's going to happen. |
| 1:05.7 | And that's unbelievably, I think, for all of us, |
| 1:09.7 | including you, our Ukraine cast listeners, |
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