The Ukraine War: How Far Away Is A Peace Deal?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The past week has seen international diplomacy turned upside down as the US began talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. The decision to exclude Ukraine - and Europe - from these talks led to an emergency summit in which European countries sought to establish some influence over the process.
But with the US and Ukrainian presidents embroiled in a dispute that led to President Trump calling President a “dictator”, is their relationship beyond repair? And will Ukraine have any say over the terms of a peace deal?
Newscast, Americast and Ukrainecast gathered in the studio for a special collaboration to unpack the enormous shift in international politics that’s unfolding.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | It's 1,093 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.6 | It's been a huge and potentially decisive week in the conflict. |
| 0:15.3 | Today, Ukrainecast, newscast and AmeriCast came together to try and make sense of the last few days |
| 0:21.8 | in an episode featuring Adam Fleming, Justin Webb, Mariana Spring, Alex Forsyth and myself, |
| 0:28.1 | Vitali Shepchenko. |
| 0:29.9 | This is Ukrainecast. |
| 0:35.5 | Ukrainecast from BBC News. |
| 0:38.3 | Evil cannot be trusted. Ask Pregojin. |
| 0:41.7 | You are not dealing with a politician, but with a bloody monster. |
| 0:46.3 | Is there a need for a serious opponent? Why? |
| 0:49.4 | I will prevent World War III. |
| 0:52.4 | It's not just about Ukraine. It's about the whole future of Europe. |
| 0:55.6 | I don't understand what this war is for. |
| 1:00.2 | Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. Hello, it's Alex in the studio. And it's Justin in the |
| 1:05.1 | studio. And it's Mariana, also in the studio, too. And it's Vitale. I'm in the studio, too. |
| 1:10.2 | Vitaly, I was very struck when you were recording the intro for Ukraine cast |
| 1:14.6 | and you always do the tally of the number of days since the start of the conflict. |
| 1:18.3 | And it's 1093, which is almost exactly three years. |
| 1:23.0 | And I just wonder that the momentousness of this week, |
| 1:26.3 | does that feel like the same level of momentousness as the actual Russian invasion in the first place? |
| 1:30.8 | Well, absolutely. It feels relentless and terrifying and threatening. |
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