The anniversary
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Ukrainians gather for a special broadcast at the BBC Radio Theatre, hosted by Ukrainecast and Newsnight. They share their fears for families at home, feelings of guilt about escaping to safety and the need for justice.
Host Victoria Derbyshire, BBC Monitoring’s Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko and Newsnight’s diplomatic editor Mark Urban reflect on the past year and discuss what the next 12 months could bring.
This episode was made by Ben Carter, Luke Radcliff, Clare Williamson, Natasha Fernandes, Arsenii Sokolov and Fiona Leach. The assistant editors were Louis Degenhardt and Alison Gee. Technical production by the Newsnight team and Mike Regaard. The Senior News editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | So, Vitaly, it's about half an hour or so before the special recording of Ukraine cast |
| 0:10.1 | in the BBC's Radio Theatre in London. |
| 0:12.3 | We're coming together with BBC TV's News Night to mark the 366 days one year since Russia |
| 0:22.0 | began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:25.8 | Yes, it feels really important just being here at this iconic venue, BBC's Radio Theatre. |
| 0:35.6 | It feels important because the world is still watching and the audience that is going to |
| 0:41.2 | come into the Radio Theatre shortly, this will be important for them to know that the |
| 0:46.2 | world is watching though. |
| 0:47.8 | They're not alone in dealing with this invasion, that it's important to document what's |
| 0:52.8 | happening there to bear witness to all the atrocities and it's important not to look |
| 0:58.4 | away from all those atrocities. |
| 1:02.5 | It feels exciting is the wrong word to use here because we're here for all the wrong reasons, |
| 1:11.3 | but I feel honoured to be here and I'm sure the people who are going to flood them to |
| 1:16.2 | the Radio Theatre right now, they're going to be honoured, feel honoured as well. |
| 1:21.8 | We are going to hear from some of the Ukrainians who fled their country who are safe here in |
| 1:27.8 | the UK on this edition of the podcast and we're going to ask for their reflections on the |
| 1:34.5 | past 12 months and we're going to ask them about their hopes, their fears when it comes |
| 1:41.8 | to the future of their country. |
| 1:45.4 | This is Ukraine Cast. |
| 1:47.2 | Ukraine Cast from BBC News. |
| 1:50.2 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart-haired and pain. |
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