The teenager who fled Kharkiv
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In February, Ukrainecast collaborated with BBC Newsnight on a live show to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
One of the guests was Elya, who was just 17 when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
After two weeks hiding with her family in their building’s basement, a missile strike on another floor prompted her to flee. She reunites with Victoria and Vitaly to discuss what has happened to her since.
And the BBC’s Sofia Bettiza discusses Ukraine’s chances of joining the EU.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Keiligh Baker, Arsenii Sokolov and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Philip Bull. 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
You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 625 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.9 | And the war got several mentions in the latest Republican presidential candidate debate |
| 0:15.6 | in Miami. |
| 0:17.2 | Ukraine is not a paragon of democracy. |
| 0:20.2 | This is a country that has banned 11 opposition parties. |
| 0:23.0 | It has consolidated all media into one state TV media arm. |
| 0:27.1 | That's not democratic. |
| 0:28.1 | It has threatened not to hold elections this year, unless the US forks over more money. |
| 0:32.2 | That is not democratic. |
| 0:33.2 | It has celebrated a Nazi in its ranks. |
| 0:35.2 | The comedian and cargo pants, a man called Zelensky, do it in their own ranks. |
| 0:38.8 | That is not democratic. |
| 0:40.9 | More facts for you that you won't hear from the mainstream and either party or the mainstream |
| 0:44.4 | media. |
| 0:45.4 | The regions of Ukraine that are occupied by Russia right now in the Donbass, Lohansk, Donetsk. |
| 0:51.8 | These are Russian-speaking regions that have not even been part of Ukraine since 2014 |
| 0:58.0 | that other people probably couldn't name those provinces for you. |
| 1:01.1 | Those are the hard facts. |
| 1:03.3 | That's biotech, multi-millionaire Vivek Ramaswami, who's a contender in the race for the |
| 1:10.2 | Republican nomination next year's presidential elections in the United States of America. |
| 1:16.9 | There's so much to have been there, isn't there, Vitaly? |
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