Summary
Ukraine has accused Russian forces of bombing a theatre filled with sheltering civilians in the city of Mariupol. Gabriel and Vitaly speak to Dmytro Gurin, a Ukrainian MP from Mariupol, to find out what happened.
They’re also joined by Bridget Kendall, former BBC Moscow correspondent and diplomatic correspondent, to understand how we got to the point where Joe Biden is calling Vladimir Putin a war criminal.
And we get an update on Vitaliy’s mum, who we last heard was attempting to leave his home town of Zaporizhzhia, and new information from Hussain and his family in Kherson.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle, with Chris Flynn, Phil Marzouk, and Michele Theil. The studio director is Emma Crowe. The assistant editor is Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | It's 22 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. |
| 0:08.9 | And on Wednesday, Vitaly, we were talking about your mum. |
| 0:12.4 | What's going on? |
| 0:13.9 | This morning, she left our home city, |
| 0:16.8 | together with her sister, my aunt, who's severely disabled. |
| 0:20.3 | And as we speak, they are on the way to Lviv. |
| 0:24.3 | From the eastern city of Zaprizia to the very far west of Ukraine, |
| 0:28.0 | Lviv, they're traveling in an ambulance, hopefully they'll speed things up |
| 0:31.6 | because of the roadblocks, and they'll be waved through, we'll live in hope. |
| 0:35.7 | When was the last time you spoke to her? |
| 0:37.7 | A couple of hours ago, maybe time for another update from her. |
| 0:41.6 | You want to give her a call? |
| 0:42.5 | Yeah, let's go, her call. |
| 0:44.4 | Hello, how are you? |
| 0:46.4 | Hello. |
| 0:48.4 | We're going to a city, um, um, um, |
| 0:50.4 | a city, some houses, some, um, |
| 0:52.4 | and now we have our old books. |
| 0:54.4 | I understand. |
| 0:56.4 | How do you feel about yourself? |
| 0:58.4 | I'm fine. |
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