Summary
As fighting continues in the bombarded city of Mariupol we hear from Olha, Katarina and Maria: three women who tell us their stories after escaping.
We hear from a young refugee with autism, and his sister who runs an organisation helping autistic Ukrainian children. Trauma, stress and an unknown future have thrown carers and children into unknown territory.
We also hear an update from Transnistria, the Russian-backed disputed territory in Moldova that was the site of multiple explosions. The United Nations’ Lars Johan Lönnback explains what this could mean.
Today's Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle and Phil Marzouk, with Osman Iqbal and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | It's day 63 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.1 | And Lewis has met three women who've escaped from Mariupol |
| 0:15.2 | over the border in Poland, and their emotions |
| 0:18.6 | range from anger to being incredibly |
| 0:21.4 | tearful to almost not being able to speak |
| 0:26.5 | about what they have gone through, |
| 0:27.7 | that sort of really reserved attitude. |
| 0:31.5 | If you died, this is one thing, |
| 0:34.3 | but if you will be hurt... |
| 0:37.4 | Winner. |
| 0:38.4 | Yeah, and nobody can help you, |
| 0:42.2 | because it was such a mainly bombing attack |
| 0:47.8 | and drug attack and shooting and so on. |
| 0:51.6 | So emergency, they couldn't help. |
| 0:56.8 | They couldn't come in time. |
| 1:00.1 | Yes, it's been more than two months since Russia |
| 1:03.0 | attacked Ukraine in February, |
| 1:05.6 | and the emotional toll of the war is becoming apparent. |
| 1:11.4 | And everyone's just trying to work out |
| 1:14.0 | how they're going to deal with the trauma. |
| 1:18.4 | This is Ukraine, Kast. |
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