Ukrainians react as Trump slams Putin
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Over the weekend Ukraine was targeted by almost a thousand Russian drones and dozens of missiles, including the biggest aerial attack since the beginning of the conflict.
In response, Donald Trump accused Vladimir Putin of going “absolutely crazy.” The Kremlin put that down to “emotional overload”.
With progress on peace talks stalling, and fresh US sanctions still yet to be announced, how do those in Ukraine view the situation?
We hear from two people there: Iryna is a mother who recently saw her husband join the military, and Neo is a soldier serving on the front line.
Today’s episode is presented by Lyse Doucet and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Laurie Kalus and Ben Carter. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. 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. |
| 0:04.9 | It's 1,189 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.8 | Over the weekend, Moscow launched another round, and what a round it was. |
| 0:17.2 | Huge drone attacks on Ukrainian cities. |
| 0:21.6 | Perhaps no surprise that Kiev was heavily targeted again, |
| 0:26.6 | but Harkev, Donetsk, Herrsson were also hit. |
| 0:31.6 | And Vitali hit in a way they had never been before? |
| 0:36.6 | Ukraine saw some of the worst attacks in the history of warfare. |
| 0:42.3 | For three nights in a row, Russia targeted it with massive combined aerial attacks. |
| 0:48.3 | That is to say, they involved both drones, hundreds of them, and missiles. On the night of Sunday into Monday, Russia launched the largest ever number of drones at Ukraine, |
| 1:02.0 | 355, as well as nine missiles. |
| 1:06.0 | This is second only to what happened the night before when Russia attacked Ukraine with 298 drones and 69 missile. |
| 1:14.6 | That was the worst ever Russian aerial attack on Ukraine. |
| 1:19.8 | More than 70 people were killed and injured, and among the dead are three children from the same family in Jutomer region. |
| 1:27.6 | And it was an unprecedented weekend in so many ways on Sunday. |
| 1:35.0 | In response to what was perhaps Donald Trump's strongest rebuke of Vladimir Putin yet, |
| 1:41.4 | the Kremlin replied by saying the US president was suffering from emotional |
| 1:46.8 | overload. As war grinds on on the ground, how are some friends of our podcast inside Ukraine |
| 1:54.4 | viewing this geopolitical saga? Coming up on Ukraine cast. |
| 2:03.0 | Ukraine cast from babies and use. |
| 2:06.2 | Life is not safe in Ukraine, nowhere in Ukraine. |
| 2:08.1 | We've had three years of bloody conflict now. |
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