The Winter Wonderland in Kyiv with bomb Shelters
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In spite of the power cuts and air raid warnings, the festive spirit is alive and well in Kyiv. Ice skating, Santa’s grotto, and mulled wine are all on offer at the city’s Winter Land, a Christmassy theme park. We hear from the team bringing a smile to the faces of families in spite of the war. When the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford last visited Kharkiv, the city was under attack. Nine months on, Sarah returns, and it’s back under Ukrainian control. The Metro that was then a bomb shelter is now the home to a Christmas tree. And what should we read into the recent prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow? We decode the diplomatic manoeuvres with former US state department official Jeremy Shapiro. Today’s episode is presented by Adam Fleming and Vitaliy Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The series producer is Fiona Leach. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall. 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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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | It's 289 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.4 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:11.6 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:13.3 | It was champagne or ice in the Kremlin yesterday. |
| 0:19.6 | But as President Putin raised a glass to his top brass, |
| 0:23.6 | there were tears in Rome as Pope Francis broke down. |
| 0:27.5 | The nuclear war has reared its head again. Then there was a cold war-style |
| 0:49.2 | prisoner swap between the old superpowers. We're going to try and decode what all of it means. |
| 0:54.6 | This is Ukraine cast. |
| 0:57.4 | Ukraine cast from this age. |
| 1:00.2 | The question for us now is to be or not to be. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm ordering the Ministry of Defense to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. |
| 1:10.6 | I could not imagine that I would find out that actually my home is bombed. |
| 1:15.4 | Putin is the aggression. |
| 1:17.4 | He will never be able to cleanse the blood from his hands. |
| 1:21.8 | Hello, it's Adam Fleming in the Ukraine cast studio. |
| 1:25.6 | Usually you will find me hosting our sister podcast newscast every day, |
| 1:29.7 | but I'm very glad to be keeping Victoria's seat warm today. |
| 1:33.6 | And this is Vitaly Shobchenko at Home and Reading today. |
| 1:37.2 | And by the way, lots of you have been sending in suggestions for clips in our opening titles. |
| 1:42.9 | Thank you. We're having forgotten. We're revamping them now. |
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