Torture, survival & hope: a soldier's account of fighting for Ukraine & life in Russian captivity
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Day 760.
Today, as well as the regular updates and news we bring you an honest and searing account of warfare, captivity and freedom from former British soldier and Ukrainian marine, Shaun Pinner.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @djknowles22 on X.
Dominic Nicholls(Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor) @FrancisDearnley on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
With thanks to:
Shaun Pinner, former British Soldier & Ukrainian Marine, POW and author of Live.Fight.Survive. @olddog100ua on X.
Books/Articles Referenced:
Shaun Pinner's Book:
'Vladimir Putin can be tried for his crimes now', by Geoffrey Robertson (Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/26/vladimir-putin-can-be-tried-for-his-crimes-now/
New Ukrainian Documentaries (Ukrainian Institute London):
https://ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest today as well as the regular updates and news we bring you an honest and searing account of warfare, captivity and freedom from |
| 0:15.4 | former British soldier and Ukrainian marine Sean Pinner. |
| 0:19.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:28.0 | If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job. |
| 0:33.0 | Slava Ukrainian. |
| 0:35.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:36.0 | We're strong. |
| 0:38.0 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:40.0 | Every weekday afternoon we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegraph's |
| 0:43.4 | London newsroom and our teams reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis |
| 0:48.7 | on the war in Ukraine. |
| 0:50.4 | It's Wednesday, 27th of March, two years and 32 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 0:57.0 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor Dominic Nichols, assistant comment editor Francis |
| 1:01.4 | Dernley, senior foreign Correspondent Roland Olafant, |
| 1:04.1 | and our guest is Sean Pinner. A warning for our listeners. |
| 1:07.6 | This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and a physical and mental torture. |
| 1:12.4 | I started by asking Dom, for violence and a physical and mental torture. |
| 1:13.3 | I started by asking Dom for the latest updates from Ukraine. |
| 1:17.0 | Well, hi David, hi everybody. |
| 1:19.4 | So another busy day, although very notable that for what is it now, second or third day running, the wave of air |
| 1:26.3 | attacks is not what it was from Russia. Anyway, let's dive in. So Ukrainian forces say they have repelled 21 attacks on the Novopapulivka front. |
| 1:37.2 | That's just the west of Dunyetsk City. This comes from Keith's general staff. |
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