The Battle for the Donbas
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Vitaly and Victoria hear from 19 year old Maksym Lutskyi, a soldier fighting in the Donbas where the Ukrainian army is under increasing pressure. He’s aware Russian forces might encircle him any time soon, but says he will fight on regardless.
Also, a listener based in Moscow explains how he’s been trying to bring Russians with opposite views of the conflict together and engage in a meaningful dialogue.
And another listener sends us a picture of a literal Ukraine-cast…
Today’s Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Alix Pickles, Osman Iqbal and Louise Hidalgo. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor was Sam Bonham. You can email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments or send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 1234 220.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, it's 92 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, |
| 0:09.0 | and a pretty or well-earned scene from Mariupol today. |
| 0:13.2 | There is some footage showing a truck from the so-called |
| 0:18.6 | Ministry of Emergency Situations in Russia, |
| 0:22.6 | and it's driving around the city center of Mariupol. |
| 0:26.0 | And it keeps stopping and starting. |
| 0:29.2 | Bits of broadcasts from Russian state-owned news channels. |
| 0:38.0 | So propaganda mobiles have been deployed to Mariupol. |
| 0:43.4 | And what we've heard are the sounds of the main state-run |
| 0:50.4 | rolling news TV channel called Recieve 24, |
| 0:53.7 | some news reports there. |
| 0:55.9 | And obviously there are Ukrainians standing around, |
| 1:01.4 | watching as these screens go up. |
| 1:05.1 | And suddenly there's this news channel, |
| 1:08.6 | people holding their shopping bags, |
| 1:10.4 | somebody with a walking stick, and there aren't many of them. |
| 1:13.0 | There's maybe what, 20 people standing around, |
| 1:16.4 | looking slightly puzzled, I would say. |
| 1:18.9 | Someone's just got their head in their hands, and it's bizarre. |
| 1:23.1 | Yes, but let's be realistic. |
| 1:26.1 | Some people would be receptive of this kind of message. |
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