What could Trump vs Harris mean for a Ukraine peace deal?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Your questions answered on the US election, Pokrovsk and guerrilla warfare…
With Donald Trump and Kamala Harris facing-off in their only scheduled presidential debate this week, we assess whether the election might accelerate any potential peace deal in Ukraine.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera joins Vitaly and Lucy to also discuss how strategically important the capture of Pokrovsk is for both sides and what evidence we have that Ukraine is waging a guerrilla war in the Russian occupied areas.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Antonio Fernandes. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Richard Fenton-Smith. 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. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 930 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.0 | And after Vladimir Putin said that Russia will support Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, |
| 0:16.2 | Donald Trump, he's not happy, he gave his reaction at a rally over the weekend. |
| 0:20.5 | He endorsed Kamala, I was very offended by that. I wonder why he endorsed Kamala. No, he's a chess player. |
| 0:30.3 | I think it was done maybe with a smile. don't know who the hell knows nobody's going to |
| 0:34.2 | figure it out they're about 19 steps ahead of us but this whole Russia thing nobody |
| 0:40.8 | was tougher on Russia in history than Trump. |
| 0:44.4 | And the person that knows that better than anyone is President Vladimir Putin. |
| 0:49.6 | He knows it better than anyone. |
| 0:51.0 | And I'll tell you what, I will have that war finished and |
| 0:55.2 | done and settled before I get to the White House as president-elect. I will get that done. |
| 1:00.6 | Donald Trump sounding impressed with Vladimir Putin yet again |
| 1:07.0 | saying that Russia is 19 steps ahead |
| 1:10.0 | ahead of the United States, |
| 1:12.0 | but I do hope he wasn't taking Vladimir Putin's |
| 1:15.8 | remarks about supporting Kamal Harris at their face value because one thing |
| 1:21.2 | Donald Trump is right about, |
| 1:22.6 | but he's put in is, well, a chess player, |
| 1:25.6 | and not everything that he says needs to be taken literally. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm actually in Washington at the moment, Vertale, and that promise from Donald Trump to end the war. |
| 1:37.3 | He's said it many times. |
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