Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
As troops grapple with freezing temperatures and missiles cause mass power cuts across Ukraine, the BBC’s Security Correspondent Frank Gardner assesses both sides’ military strategies.
Victoria and Vitaly speak to Yaryna Chornohuz, a mother who is now a soldier on the front line. She has a young daughter, but says she feels compelled to fight.
And Father Vitaliy Novak describes how he and a team of volunteers are delivering food to people across the country, some of whom are living in church basements.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and the Russia Editor for BBC Monitoring, Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Luke Radcliff. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. 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. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's 285 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.0 | And as we recall this episode, we're getting reports of another Russian missile attack against Ukraine. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm seeing lots of reports and social media explosions everywhere from the north to the |
| 0:26.0 | south from the east to the very west of Ukraine. |
| 0:29.0 | We're not sure exactly what damage has been caused, but it looks grim. |
| 0:35.0 | We've just been able to get in touch with a colleague of ours, freelance journalist Olga, |
| 0:39.0 | who is in Lviv in the west of Ukraine. |
| 0:43.0 | And she's just had to go downstairs into the basement of her apartment building, |
| 0:47.0 | which is now obviously a bomb shelter. |
| 0:49.0 | Hello. |
| 0:50.0 | Olga, thanks for joining us. |
| 0:52.0 | Tell us where you are. What's going on? |
| 0:54.0 | Imagine that you have your daily routine. |
| 0:58.0 | And suddenly you hear the air siren. |
| 1:00.0 | It's from your app. |
| 1:01.0 | It's like in the streets. |
| 1:04.0 | And you have to go, you have to, you have to hide. |
| 1:06.0 | You have to interrupt all your, all your tasks. |
| 1:09.0 | And you have to hide somewhere in the basement where it's cold, where there is no light. |
| 1:13.0 | And just, just to wait and, and be worried about your relatives, about your, |
| 1:18.0 | for example, I'm worried about my sister because she went to the university. |
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