The New Wagner Mercenary Group?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Is private military group Redut taking the place of Wagner?
Since the death of Russian mercenary leader and oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, a number of groups have been vying to take the place of the Wagner mercenary group he built up. So who are they, what is the difference between them, and who are they recruiting? The BBC’s Lisa Fokht has been investigating...
And we hear from Ukrainian composer Iryna Gould delivering musical instruments to children in frontline towns. She tells us about the importance of music for young people in war zones.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Keiligh Baker, Arsenii Sokolov, Ivana Davidovic and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news 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.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's 611 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.2 | And so many of you got in touch after our episode last week with the BBC's Russia editor |
| 0:16.4 | Steve Rosenberg. |
| 0:18.0 | So many questions from you. |
| 0:20.0 | So thank you for those and we put some of them to Steve, who sent us some voice notes |
| 0:24.1 | replying to you. |
| 0:25.5 | And we also have the BBC's Russian service reporter, Lisa Fockt, with us today, who we thought |
| 0:31.1 | could help out as well. |
| 0:32.1 | Hi, Lisa. |
| 0:33.1 | Hi. |
| 0:34.1 | Hi, welcome back. |
| 0:35.1 | How are you? |
| 0:36.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:37.1 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:38.1 | Hello, Lisa. |
| 0:39.1 | Hello. |
| 0:40.1 | And we've got a question from Heidi and Warwickshire, who emailed us to ask, I keep wondering |
| 0:46.6 | what life in Russia is like for Steve, he always looks so relaxed. |
| 0:52.2 | The mentions going to the supermarket, etc. is he followed. |
| 0:56.4 | Are his reports censored? |
| 0:58.8 | Does he have local friends and do people in Russia know or recognize him? |
| 1:03.4 | Hey, Heidi. |
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