Ukrainecast: Six Months On
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaliy Shevchenko from Ukrainecast, mark the anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine by following the stories of Max, Anna, Hussain, Maksym and Viktoria, none of whom will ever be the same again.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Chris Flynn, Arsenii Sokolov, Philip Marzouk, Louise Hidalgo and Clare Williamson. The technical producer and sound designer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, today Wednesday is Ukraine's Independence Day. |
| 0:08.9 | It's also a day which coincides with six months since Russia's invasion of the country. |
| 0:15.1 | Ukrainian officials say the conflict has killed 9,000 Ukrainian troops, and the UN is confirmed |
| 0:20.6 | at least 5,500 deaths among civilians. |
| 0:25.1 | And given it's such a significant marker in the timeline of the conflict, we thought |
| 0:29.7 | rather than recording an episode of newscast, we'd invite Ukrainecast into our feed as |
| 0:35.0 | a one-off on this very momentous day. |
| 0:39.4 | Hello, it's exactly six months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:45.2 | And by coincidence, it's also Independence Day for Ukraine. |
| 0:48.9 | A day when people usually mark the country's birth in 1991 with parades and celebrations. |
| 1:06.7 | But this year, mass gatherings have been banned and curfews put in place. |
| 1:12.4 | The president Zelensky has warned that Independence Day may mean Russia is planning something brutal. |
| 1:23.9 | In this special episode of the podcast, we're going to hear from some of the people who've |
| 1:27.4 | shared their experiences with you in the last six months. |
| 1:31.9 | People whose lives have been shattered, turned upside down, changed forever. |
| 1:38.0 | What's happened to them, where they've been, and how do they feel right now? |
| 1:45.0 | This is Ukrainecast, six months on. |
| 1:48.7 | Ukrainecast from the US. |
| 1:52.2 | The question for us now is to be or not to be. |
| 1:55.8 | I'm ordering the Ministry of Defense to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert. |
| 2:01.3 | I could not imagine that I would find out that actually my home is bombed. |
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