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Ukrainecast: The Battle for Kyiv

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BBC

Politics, Daily News, News

4.36.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Ukraine government gives out guns as Russian forces approach... Victoria, Gabriel and Vitaliy talk through how the conflict has unfolded.

Olga Malchevska, from the BBC Ukrainian Service in London, tells of how her family home was targeted, and Newsnight’s diplomatic editor Mark Urban joins us to explain what's going on with Putin's military strategy.   Today's Ukrainecast was produced by Estelle Doyle, Natalie Ktena, Tim Walklate and Molly Lynch. Emma Crowe was the technical producer. Sam Bonham was the assistant editor and Jonathan Aspinwall was the editor.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Hello, there is already so much information,

0:08.8

disinformation, misinformation about the conflict in Ukraine.

0:13.2

And there are already so many stories and iconic images

0:17.0

like the couple on the platform at the train station,

0:19.7

the people bedding down in the underground station.

0:22.4

Those pictures of planes over people's houses.

0:26.0

And so we thought we'd bring you another episode

0:28.3

of our spin-off podcast, Ukraine Cast,

0:31.4

with Victoria Darbyshire and Gabriel Gatehouse.

0:34.3

And I will be back in a couple of days time.

0:46.8

Hello, well an awful lot has happened in the past 24 hours

0:50.3

since episode one of Ukraine Cast.

0:53.6

Live on TikTok this morning, there was a family

0:56.6

in a basement huddle together showing where they were hiding

1:02.4

for safety.

1:03.4

I mean that's how the day is starting.

1:06.6

And that's using the fast-discrohing social media platform

1:09.5

to show the world.

1:11.2

So on my TikTok, there are school kids

1:13.5

waking up saying, oh my god, I've been watching TikTok live

1:15.9

this family.

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