The Fifth Floor: What really happened in Bakhmut?

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In 2022, the city of Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine was attacked by Russian forces. The fight for Bakhmut lasted over 10 months and claimed the lives of thousands of people on both sides, becoming the longest and bloodiest battle in this war so far. But why was this sleepy town such an important target for Russia? And what role did the mercenary Wagner group play there? BBC Russian’s Olga Ivshina and Ukrainecast presenter Vitaly Shevchenko investigate.

Produced by Alice Gioia and Hannah Dean.

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
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0:09.0	the fifth floor.
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0:21.0	This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling with BBC
0:26.2	journalists from all around the world. I'm your host Faranak Ami D. Amid.
0:37.0	Before the war started, Bajmuth in eastern Ukraine was known as the city of wine and roses.
0:46.3	The local winery was among the biggest producers of sparkling wine in the country.
0:52.0	And then there was Rose Alley, a street with a flower display
0:56.2	that had 5,000 roses in it.
0:59.5	Bachmut was also the home of the National Music Academy of Ukraine.
1:05.0	But Bahmut is no more.
1:10.0	In August 2022, Russian forces began a ferocious attack on the city.
1:20.0	Anemata!
1:21.0	For months now, the city of Bahmoot has been the epicenter of the war in Ukraine.
1:28.0	The battle there has been one of the most brutal of the conflict with high numbers of
1:32.2	the road you can see apartment blocks that are completely destroyed.
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