Ukrainecast: Nuclear Reaction
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Putin moves Russia's nuclear forces to "special alert”, in response to what he described as “aggression” from Nato countries. Meanwhile as fighting continues in the streets across Ukraine’s biggest cities, President Zelensky says his delegation will meet with Russia at the Belarus border for talks.
Is President Putin using his nuclear arsenal as a conflict deterrent or as a threat to the West? Victoria and Gabriel are joined by the former director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, Dr Patricia Lewis.
And as hundreds of thousands flee Ukraine, we hear from Newsnight’s Lewis Goodall from the border in Poland, where he’s been speaking to families trying to make their way to safety.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Phil Marzouk and Caitlin Hanrahan. The studio manager was Stephen Bailey. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, there is so much to try and work out with this Ukraine conflict. |
| 0:09.0 | For example, how likely is this Ukrainian resistance to work? |
| 0:14.2 | What does Vladimir Putin mean when he starts using the word nuclear? |
| 0:18.2 | Gabriel Gatehouse and Victoria Darborshire will try and make it all clear in another episode |
| 0:23.2 | of Ukraine cast and we'll be back with a normal newscast from Tuesday onwards. |
| 0:37.6 | It's Sunday the 27th and it is four days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:43.1 | It's a lot going on today. |
| 0:46.4 | We think that the Russians and the Ukrainians are about to sit down to talk on the Belarusian |
| 0:50.6 | border. |
| 0:52.1 | It is five plus four here in the UK, a couple of hours ahead in Ukraine. |
| 0:57.0 | So we're recording this at this time. |
| 0:59.5 | Things could change, of course. |
| 1:02.0 | But there's been fighting going on throughout the day. |
| 1:04.9 | And this afternoon President Putin has said he is moving Russia's nuclear deterrent to |
| 1:11.2 | special alert. |
| 1:12.7 | And obviously we are going to find out exactly what that means. |
| 1:17.2 | This is Ukraine cast from the BBC. |
| 1:20.0 | There is no burglatory for war criminals. |
| 1:27.6 | They go straight to hell. |
| 1:30.5 | We will strive for the de-natsification of Ukraine. |
| 1:33.2 | I could not imagine that I would find out that actually my home is bombed. |
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