Women and the war in Ukraine

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to tens of thousands of deaths. And it’s estimated around 8 million Ukrainians left the country to find sanctuary. James Reynolds meets mothers and their daughters who share their experiences of escaping the war and the challenges of making a new life for themselves in the UK. We also hear from three young Ukrainian women, currently living in London. They express the guilt they feel about leaving friends and family behind, while also offering observations on some quirks of British culture.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Nambu Lanter Combo and I'm excited to tell you that my award-winning
0:05.7	podcast Dear Dota returns on the 27th February for a brand new season. Dear
0:11.6	Dota is a podcast from the BBC World Service full of personal insight and
0:16.3	thought for letters of advice. It's a handbook to life for daughters
0:20.3	everywhere. So if you haven't already catch up with the first season now while
0:25.9	you're waiting for season two, search for Dear Dota wherever you get your BBC
0:30.7	podcast.
0:33.9	Hello, I'm James Reynolds on the BBC World Service and this is BBC OS
0:38.4	Conversations on Women and the Ukraine War. A year after the Russian invasion we've
0:44.6	been hearing from Ukrainian women and girls taking refuge across Europe in one
0:49.3	of those conversations. Three women tell us about finding comfort in shared
0:53.5	experiences of grief after losing their husbands in the war. One part of me of my
0:59.4	brain understands I will never ever see him in my whole life but other part of my
1:08.6	brain has this hope and I'm looking forward to meet him. When the Russian
1:16.9	attacks began in February 2022 many watched in disbelief and throughout the
1:22.3	year we've been hearing people's stories on the impact of the fighting in
1:25.6	Ukraine. Today we wanted to pause and reflect once again. I should mention at
1:32.4	this point that by the very nature you may find some of the conversations we're
1:35.8	going to share upsetting although amidst all that there are some uplifting
1:41.0	moments as well. I want to take you firstly to a Ukrainian cultural centre here
1:46.0	in London. It's become a meeting point and a social hub for people displaced
1:50.6	from their home country. Estimate suggests that more than 8 million people
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