Summary
Russian forces launch a full-scale assault and 100,000 people try to flee...
This episode is a special Ukrainecast hosted by BBC's Victoria Derbyshire and Newsnight's Gabriel Gatehouse, alongside Vitaliy Shevchenko, the Russia editor at BBC Monitoring.
Today's podcast was produced by Danny Wittenberg and Natalie Ktena. Emma Crowe was the technical producer. Sam Bonham was the assistant editor and Jonathan Aspinwall was the editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | Hello, I have a suspicion that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is going to end up being |
| 0:11.0 | one of the most consequential news events, maybe of our whole generation. |
| 0:16.7 | And so as journalists, it is RGT to bring you the best information in the best way possible. |
| 0:22.8 | So we're going to do a bit of an experiment. |
| 0:24.4 | We're going to launch a spin-off podcast called Ukraine Cast. |
| 0:28.8 | And who better to bring it to you than Victoria Darbyshire and Gabriel Gatehouse? |
| 0:34.2 | It's going to have its own feed, but for now, this episode of newscasts is going to be an |
| 0:39.0 | episode of Ukraine Cast. |
| 0:41.8 | Hello, I've been watching and listening since the early hours of this morning to so much |
| 0:58.0 | of what is coming out of Ukraine. |
| 0:59.6 | And this is a huge moment for Europe and a huge moment for the world. |
| 1:04.3 | I'm getting messages from friends and contacts in Ukraine saying, I've taken my kids down |
| 1:09.7 | into the basement, we're hiding in the metro. |
| 1:11.9 | I'm looking at pictures here of people flocking to train stations. |
| 1:16.9 | This is a European country and it's at war. |
| 1:20.0 | It's extraordinary. |
| 1:21.5 | And it is war. |
| 1:22.5 | It is war. |
| 1:23.5 | Of course, it's war. |
| 1:24.5 | It's bomb, there are tanks coming in, armoured vehicles, of course, this is a war. |
| 1:29.3 | I mean, this is a country that has been at war for eight years in the east, but it's |
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