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This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

The Ukraine War Ep. 3: War Crimes

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Warning: The episode contains distressing material. In Ep.3 of our history of Putin’s war: As the Russian assault stalls, the Ukrainian city of Mariupol becomes a source of humiliation for Putin. He resolves to obliterate it and its people. War crimes on the scale of WWII ensue.  Arthur Snell talks to journalists, eyewitnesses and campaigners to reveal the enormity of Russian atrocities across Ukraine – the targeting of hospitals and children – and the forced disappearances and murders of Ukrainian resisters. This is the story of how the self-declared “anti-Nazi” Russian army brought mobile crematoria and mass killing into the heart of Ukraine… and what is being done to bring those responsible to justice. Hear next week’s edition of Doomsday Watch: The Ukraine War immediately when you support the podcast on Patreon: http://www.doomsdaywatch.co.uk “When Putin’s blitzkrieg failed, the Russians reverted to type, destroying Mariupol and other cities and killing thousands of civilians.” – Arthur Snell “We watched doctors operating on a dying child with tears in their eyes. They were screaming, Show this to Putin. He is killing our children.” – Evgeniy Maloletka “Ukraine used attritional defence to bleed – literally bleed – the Russians of men and material.” – Mike Martin “This felt like the V1 and V2 attacks on British civilians during the Second World War. The human suffering is off the scale.” – John Sweeney Photograph courtesy Alexander Nemenov Incidental music in order of appearance: O Lord, Hear My Prayer - Dmitry Bortniansky, performed by Kyiv Chamber Choir Gustav Mahler’s Symphony Number 9 (First Movement) performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Gustav Mahler’s Symphony Number 5, performed by Jason Weinberger and the WCF Symphony The Blessed I have Already Chosen by Maksym Berezovsky, performed by Kyiv Chamber Choir Written and presented by Arthur Snell. Produced by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Doomsday Watch is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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My name is Yvgeny Maloletka, I am a Ukrainian photojournalist,

0:07.0

documenting war in my country.

0:15.0

In the evening of 23rd, we saw that the invasion march to start soon,

0:22.0

so we may get a decision to move to Malibu.

0:27.0

We came to the city just one hour before the invasion.

0:32.0

All the people who been trapped in the city,

0:38.0

they didn't realize that what can happen to them,

0:44.0

and how the Russian design of war will be.

0:50.0

But when they realized it was already too late,

0:55.0

the electricity was cut off then, of course, after the water,

1:09.0

then the phone connection failed, the gas supply failed,

1:17.0

and after the counting of the cell phone connection,

1:24.0

people became panic.

1:31.0

We saw that our own eyes, how the military jets were bombing the hospitals.

1:38.0

We saw one own eyes, how the Russian tanks were all on the street,

1:44.0

and shooting directly to their residential buildings.

1:52.0

The sound of explosions were continuing and continuing.

1:58.0

The dead bodies on the streets, and nobody took care of them.

2:05.0

We saw after how the children were delivered to the hospital.

2:15.0

They were trying to resuscitate kids, but it was already too late.

2:25.0

It was horrible to see all the time,

2:30.0

and not understandable for myself, why it's happening,

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