Summary
After a lengthy phone call with Donald Trump, the Kremlin says Vladimir Putin has agreed to a mutual pause on attacks on Russian and Ukrainian energy infrastructure - but stopped far short of accepting a full ceasefire.
We get instant reaction from Fiona Hill, who previously served on the National Security Council as an advisor on Russia under President Trump.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Ben Carter and Ryan Johnston. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. 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 | Hello, it's 1,19 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.4 | It's early evening here in the UK and Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have just spoken on the phone for quite a long time. |
| 0:18.3 | What are the top lines, Vitaly? |
| 0:20.0 | The most important thing that the Kremlin said |
| 0:21.9 | after the phone call was that Vladimir Putin had ordered his troops to stop attacking Ukraine's |
| 0:29.1 | energy infrastructure for 30 days. Everything else apparently remains the targets. He also reiterated his previous concerns or conditions |
| 0:42.9 | attached to the idea of the ceasefire. He said that for the truce to happen, new weapon |
| 0:50.2 | supplies to Ukraine must stop. Mobilisation of new fighters into the Ukrainian army must |
| 0:57.0 | stop. Vladimir Putin also voiced a new concern. He said it would be difficult to control the |
| 1:03.3 | ceasefire because Kiev doesn't keep its word. Tomorrow, Russia and Ukraine are exchanging 175 prisoners of war each. Russia is, according to the |
| 1:19.3 | Kremlin, return in 23 gravely wounded Ukrainian soldiers to Ukraine. They've agreed to hold |
| 1:26.6 | ice hockey games in America and in Russia, involving |
| 1:30.3 | teams from both countries. And the two presidents also agreed to hold the negotiations about |
| 1:37.3 | a possible truce in the Black Sea. What we didn't hear is what about the territory? |
| 1:43.3 | Is Ukraine required to give up anything? |
| 1:45.4 | What about the concessions, if any of that either Russia or Ukraine will have to make? |
| 1:52.5 | So much to digest in this episode of Ukraine cast. |
| 1:55.1 | And we are going to do that with a preeminent Russia expert. |
| 1:59.3 | Somebody who's worked for President Trump and has met and sat |
| 2:03.2 | alongside President Putin. Her name is Fiona Hill. And just to say, to our loyal and dedicated |
| 2:09.1 | listeners, it's been a busy few weeks of news, as you know. To reflect that, we've updated our opening |
| 2:15.1 | titles. This is Ukraine cast. |
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