What’s life like on Ukraine’s frontline?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
‘I'd love to hear more about what's actually happening in the war now. Where are the lines stable, where is Russia still advancing, where have the Russians slowed?’ That’s a message we got from one of our listeners earlier in the week, and we thought we’d answer these questions and more.
We get a sense of what’s happening along the frontline in Ukraine right now with Matthew Savill, director of military sciences at RUSI, and we hear from a soldier whose day job is to drop bombs on Russians using drones.
Today’s episode is presented by Jamie Coomarasamy and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Ben Carter and Ryan Johnston. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The assistant editor is Ben Mundy. 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
You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | It's 1077 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.5 | And we've had this message from a listener called Handel with Claire on Discord. |
| 0:15.3 | And Handel with Claire says, |
| 0:17.0 | I'd love to hear more about what's actually happening in the war now. |
| 0:22.1 | Where are the lines stable? Where is Russia still advancing? Where have the Russians slowed? |
| 0:27.6 | It seems a lot of the pods lately have been speculation about Donald Trump. And since no one actually |
| 0:33.1 | knows exactly what he might do, I'd love to get back to facts about the military situation. |
| 0:39.0 | We like facts, Claire, we like your handle as well, and we hear what you're saying. And that's |
| 0:43.6 | what we're going to do then in this episode, home in on what's happening on the ground and speak |
| 0:47.9 | to Ukrainians along the front line. And we want to hear more questions from you, especially |
| 0:52.8 | as we approach the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion. |
| 0:56.5 | We'll have a number of episodes for you around that period, and we want your questions and correspondence to be at the very heart of those programmes. |
| 1:04.4 | And you know how to send in those questions and thoughts. You can do that by emailing us at Ukrainecast at BBC.co.uk. Or you can send us a message |
| 1:14.6 | on the following telephone number, which is plus 44-330-123-9480. This is Ukrainecast. |
| 1:24.6 | Ukrainecast from BBC News. |
| 1:27.3 | Evil cannot be trusted. |
| 1:29.3 | Ask Prygogian. |
| 1:30.3 | You are not dealing with a politician, but with a bloody monster. |
| 1:35.3 | Is there a need for a serious opponent? |
| 1:38.3 | Why? |
| 1:39.3 | I will prevent World War III. |
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