Who Sabotaged the Nord Stream Pipeline?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
A new investigation claims a Ukrainian military officer coordinated the attack on Russia's Nord Stream pipelines. But was he acting as a maverick? Or on behalf of Ukraine?
We hear from James Waterhouse in Kyiv and Newsnight’s diplomatic editor Mark Urban, and get the latest update on the "stalemate" war.
And we catch up with Olga, a teacher from Kherson, who has lived through Russian occupation, constant bombardment and floods. She tells us what life was like under Russian occupation and how that compares with life one year after her city was liberated.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Keiligh Baker, Arsenii Sokolov, Madeleine Drury and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Rohan Madison. 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. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's 629 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.1 | Crimean-born singer and TikTok star, Holiday Boy, who it's reported as in his 20s, |
| 0:16.1 | collapsed during a performance in Stavropoul in Russia last week. |
| 0:20.8 | And that happened hours after he was essentially summoned and given his papers |
| 0:26.5 | to sign up for the Russian army. |
| 0:33.6 | Videos of him getting his papers and then subsequently collapsing weren't viral. |
| 0:37.9 | In this video, he stopped singing, dropped his mic and dropped out of his knees, |
| 0:44.4 | fell over, was carried off stage and taken to hospital. |
| 0:49.6 | Now, it's not clear if he collapsed because he was handed the summons, |
| 0:56.2 | but it's obvious why he should be worried because there are reports suggesting that people |
| 1:02.0 | conscripted into the Russian army will have to fight in Ukraine until the so-called special |
| 1:10.2 | military operation is over. There's no end date. |
| 1:13.3 | Now, before this all happened, he was criticized by a pro-government figure and activist |
| 1:21.7 | called Ekaterina Mizulina, who said he was pro-Ukrainian and it's true that on social media, |
| 1:27.4 | Holiday Boy, called himself Ukrainian and criticized the annexation of Crimea |
| 1:33.8 | and said what was going on between Russia and Ukraine was a pointless conflict. |
| 1:40.5 | So some people are saying that this is the price you pay if you're a prominent figure |
| 1:46.1 | and if you refuse to tow the party line. |
| 1:49.8 | This is Ukraine Cast. |
| 1:52.0 | Ukraine Cast, from Mizulina's. |
| 1:54.8 | Ukraine is an epicenter of unbearable heart-haired and pain. |
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