Ukraine pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
President Zelensky sends a message of condolence to Britain's Royal Family.
Ukraine has been celebrating "good news" about the recapture of several settlements from Russia in the eastern Kharkiv region and gains of more than 1,000 square km of territory in the last week, that’s according to the President. Victoria and the BBC's Katya Khinkulova speak to Justin Bronk, Senior Research Fellow and editor at the defence and security think tank RUSI about Ukraine’s counter-offensive. And as EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss the energy crisis, we hear from Svitlana Zalischuk, from Ukraine’s biggest gas company Naftogaz, about how the country is preparing to face a cold winter with reduced gas supplies. The series producer is Estelle Doyle. The producers are Clare Williamson, Arsenii Sokolov and Alix Pickles. The technical producer is Hannah Montgomery. 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 198 days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.6 | And here in the UK, we have been reflecting |
| 0:12.9 | on the life of Queen Elizabeth II who died yesterday. |
| 0:16.8 | She is the longest reigning monarch in British history. |
| 0:20.6 | Gunsolutes and church bells rang out across the UK |
| 0:24.9 | as the country began to mourn the death of the Queen |
| 0:27.5 | at the age of 96. |
| 0:33.1 | Katia is here from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:35.8 | What has the reaction been in Ukraine? |
| 0:39.1 | There has been a real emotional outpouring of sadness and grief, |
| 0:44.7 | almost unexpected, to be honest, |
| 0:46.3 | because Ukrainians have a lot to deal with at the moment. |
| 0:49.2 | But across social media and just in conversations |
| 0:53.2 | that I've been having with my friends |
| 0:55.2 | and that there's been a lot of sadness and respect |
| 0:59.6 | for the Queen expressed. |
| 1:00.9 | And there are people who are heading |
| 1:03.4 | to the British Embassy in Kiev with flowers |
| 1:06.3 | and hoping to leave messages of condolences in the book of condolences. |
| 1:10.1 | And the Royal Family did donate money to Ukraine. |
| 1:13.3 | The Queen Prince Charles Prince William, |
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