The Fifth Floor: The reality of conscription

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Hundreds of thousands of men are currently fighting for Ukraine, and the army needs yet more soldiers. We speak to three BBC Ukrainian colleagues about the way this is changing the country, and how it's viewed by Ukrainians. Daria Taradai and Ilona Hromliuk join us from Kyiv, and Anastasiya Zanuda joins us from Warsaw.

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:04.0	This is
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0:08.0	You're actually
0:09.0	the fifth floor.
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0:14.0	We see me as well.
0:15.0	To me have this fifth floor
0:17.0	fornak and me this obat.
0:21.0	This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling with BBC journalists from all around the world.
0:29.0	I'm your host, Parenak Amid. The war in Ukraine is well into its third year. The realities of the war are
0:41.2	felt all over the country.
0:43.5	Brutal attacks, power cuts and blackouts,
0:47.4	are all things that many Ukrainians have to deal with.
0:52.3	And with the continued fighting, the realities of
0:55.1	conscription challenged the country more and more. In 2022, almost overnight,
1:01.6	all adult men were called to join the military to defend their
1:06.0	homeland. People's lives have changed in so many ways. Hundreds of thousands of men
1:12.3	have left their towns and cities to serve the military,
1:16.0	and the rest of the country has had to try and cope with the consequences.
1:21.0	So how has this changed Ukrainian society?
1:25.0	In Lviv, I would say if you see men on the streets, there are probably or retired or students.
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