Your Questions Answered: Putin's endgame, Ukrainian elections and North Koreans
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Could Putin ever agree to peace? Would an election help Zelensky consolidate power? What’s happened to North Koreans fighting Ukraine?
Vitaly is joined by BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson, security correspondent Frank Gardner and Global News Podcast presenter Oliver Conway, to try and answer these questions and more.
Today’s episode is presented by Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Ryan Johnston, Ben Carter and Peter Karlsen. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. 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
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. |
| 0:05.0 | It's 1,136 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.2 | It's Friday afternoon, and we've just recorded another episode, answering your questions. |
| 0:16.8 | Today, we've teamed up with the Global News Podcast on the World Service. |
| 0:21.3 | Frank Gardner, Olga Robinson, and me, Vitali Shevchenko, |
| 0:25.0 | joined Oliver Conway in the Ukrainecast studio. |
| 0:28.0 | If you've got questions you want answering, you know what to do. |
| 0:31.3 | Email Ukrainecast at BBC.co.uk. |
| 0:35.0 | Or send a WhatsApp on Plus 4-4-330-123-9480. |
| 0:42.8 | In the meantime, have a listen to this latest episode of Ukrainecast. |
| 0:48.1 | Ukrainecast from BBC News. |
| 0:50.8 | Life is not safe in Ukraine, nowhere in Ukraine. |
| 0:53.8 | We've had three years of bloody conflict now. |
| 0:55.8 | We need to get that lasting peace. |
| 0:57.9 | We hope we can finish this war this year. |
| 1:01.0 | President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Zucker. |
| 1:05.0 | Biden will just enemy. |
| 1:06.5 | Trump is a rival. |
| 1:07.9 | Ukrainians will pay lives for this decision. |
| 1:10.1 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 1:13.1 | Let's kick off with the question many people are asking. |
| 1:16.5 | Will the fighting stop anytime soon? |
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