The man in the woods
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A Russian man determined to avoid mobilisation tells us he’s living in the forest so the authorities can’t find him and force him to fight. His wife delivers food and he has set up solar panels so he can carry on working as a software engineer from his tent. The BBC’s world affairs editor Paul Adams has been out with Ukrainian engineers who are trying to keep homes and businesses connected to electricity as Russia continues to attack power stations. And psychologist Olena Kovalchuk explains how she’s been helping Ukrainian teachers suffering from grief, anxiety and anger. Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson, Luke Radcliff and Josh Jenkins. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The series producer is Fiona Leach. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and the editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480 Join us for a recording of a special episode of Ukrainecast on 24 February to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We’re linking up with Newsnight for the event. Venue: BBC Radio Theatre, London. Tickets: www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts Hello, it's 352 days since Russia began its invasion |
| 0:08.6 | of Ukraine. It's the 10th of February 2023. We're coming out of winter and the question |
| 0:18.8 | we're asking today has Russia's new offensive just begun. As a barrage of missiles |
| 0:29.7 | 71, according to Ukrainian officials, hit various cities across Ukraine overnight. Does |
| 0:36.0 | this look and feel like a spring offensive? The aim, it seems, which has become familiar, |
| 0:42.8 | was to hit heating water and power supplies. And we're going to talk it all through. |
| 0:49.0 | The BBC's world affairs correspondent, Paul Adams, is just back from Ukraine and he's |
| 0:53.7 | going to join us in the studio of the podcast today. This is Ukrainecast. Ukrainecast, from |
| 1:01.4 | BBC News. Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart-haired and pain. |
| 1:07.7 | millions of people are without heating, without water. Putin is the aggressor. He will be |
| 1:13.4 | ready to use nuclear weapons. I do not know how we managed to survive. I want people to |
| 1:22.4 | know the truth. Hello, this is Victoria from Home in London. |
| 1:27.6 | And this is Vitaly in the Ukrainecast studio in London. The main focus of fighting right |
| 1:32.9 | now is in the trenches of back boot in the east of Ukraine. Essentially a war of attrition |
| 1:39.2 | with neither. It would appear that Russians, nor the Ukrainians, making the gains they would |
| 1:43.8 | want to. Diplomatically, of course, there's the battle for hearts and minds, which President |
| 1:48.3 | Zelensky has been spearheading this week with his visits to London, Paris and Brussels. |
| 1:53.7 | And there's another battle, too, to keep the power on in Ukraine as Russia pounds again |
| 1:59.5 | the country's energy supplies. The BBC's Paul Adams has just come back from |
| 2:04.2 | Ukraine where he spent two weeks with a team of engineers and technicians involved in keeping |
| 2:09.3 | the lights on. Hello, Paul. Hi, Vitaly, good to be with you. |
| 2:13.3 | Welcome to Ukrainecast. Hi, Paul. How are you? Hi, Victoria. I'm very well. Thank you. |
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