The Battle for Kyiv

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🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This episode contains strong language. Over the weekend, the battle for Ukraine arrived at the capital, Kyiv, as Russian forces attempted to advance. Would the Russian military quickly overrun the city? Or would Ukrainians, despite being outgunned, somehow find a way to defend their capital? Guest: Sabrina Tavernise, a national correspondent for The New York Times, reporting from Kyiv.

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0:00.0	It's 7.30 in the morning on Saturday and Kiev.
0:08.4	Last night, President Solansky was standing outside the government building and trying
0:15.8	to reassure his people.
0:18.3	He was standing with other government officials.
0:20.5	He was holding the phone.
0:21.5	It was kind of shaky.
0:25.8	He said, good evening.
0:28.7	The leader of the fraction is here.
0:33.6	The head of the presidential office is here.
0:37.9	The prime minister is here.
0:41.8	I am here and points to each of the men's denny behind him.
0:48.7	And he's telling people we're here.
0:53.8	We're going to defend our country.
0:55.5	Slava, our country, our country, our country, our country.
0:59.8	Slava Ukraine.
1:00.8	Slava Ukraine.
1:08.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.
1:11.8	This is a daily.
1:15.1	Over the weekend, the battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces came to Ukraine's capital
1:21.6	of Kiev.
1:23.0	Transforming a one's vibrant bustling city into a war zone.
1:29.1	And the question was, would the Russian military quickly overrun the city or would Ukrainians,
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