The surgeons treating frontline soldiers: “Every day is a mass casualty incident”
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
As a solution to the conflict remains elusive and casualties mount, what is it like to treat those injured while defending their country?
This week we are speaking with two surgeons, Dr Danylo Turkevich and Dr Shehan Hettiaratchy, who have witnessed the consequences of the fighting in Ukraine close up.
Plus Victoria is joined by our correspondent Sarah Rainsford to discuss a pro-EU election victory in Moldova, amid allegations of Russian interference.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire. The producers were Laurie Kalus and Julia Webster. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The social producer was Elizabeth Chalmers. The series producer is Chris Flynn. 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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| 0:24.5 | Hello, it's 1,315 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:31.3 | And for much of this year, as you'll know, as one of our loyal listeners, in fact, since President |
| 0:35.8 | Trump's inauguration, we have focused |
| 0:37.5 | intently on your behalf on efforts to get some sort of peace plan in place in Ukraine. And let's be |
| 0:44.2 | honest, after months and months and months of diplomacy, starting with that awful row in the |
| 0:49.6 | Oval Office between President Zelensky and President Trump and the Alaska Summit between President Trump |
| 0:55.1 | and President Putin, there has been limited success when it comes to diplomacy. So today, we want to |
| 1:01.3 | bring you back to some of the people at the sharp end of this conflict, those who are dealing |
| 1:07.2 | with the brutal and shocking and immediate consequences of the war close up. |
| 1:13.2 | Today, we're going to speak to two surgeons, a Ukrainian and a British medic who have been |
| 1:18.5 | operating on the front line. That's coming up on this episode of Ukrainecast. |
| 1:23.3 | Ukrainecast from BBC News. |
| 1:26.2 | This is a sovereign nation under unprovoked attack. |
| 1:30.2 | We are ready to finish this war as quick as possible. |
| 1:33.0 | Russia is not preparing for peace. |
| 1:35.0 | We are an enemy of NATO and we'll do whatever is necessary to ensure our security. |
| 1:40.3 | I don't love it. I don't know when that happens. |
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