Your Questions Answered: Trump, Europe and Peace
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The Ukrainecast team join the Global News Podcast to answer listener questions.
We discuss Donald Trump’s latest threat, the prospects of peace in Ukraine, and that minerals deal.
Today’s episode is presented by Lyse Doucet, James Waterhouse, Vitaly Shevchenko and Jackie Leonard.
The producers were Ben Carter and Ryan Johnston. 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. |
| 0:05.1 | Hello, it's Lees Ducet. |
| 0:07.0 | And it's Vitaalyshevchenko. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to a very special episode of Ukrainecast. |
| 0:11.9 | We've had lots of emails and voice notes from you over the past few weeks, |
| 0:16.6 | so we decided to team up with our colleagues at the Global News Podcast. |
| 0:21.0 | Today, we'll be answering some of your questions |
| 0:23.0 | on the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. |
| 0:26.6 | Our presenter today is Jackie Leonard, |
| 0:29.0 | and I'll be providing the answers alongside Lees and James Waterhouse in Kiev. |
| 0:33.9 | This is UkraineCast. |
| 0:39.3 | UkraineCast from BBC News. |
| 0:42.3 | Evil cannot be trusted. Ask Prigodian. |
| 0:43.3 | You are not dealing with a politician, but with a bloody monster. |
| 0:48.3 | Is there a need for a serious opponent? |
| 0:50.3 | Why? |
| 0:51.3 | I will prevent World War III. It's not just about Ukraine, it's about the whole future of Europe. |
| 0:57.6 | I don't understand what this war is for. |
| 1:02.7 | Now, we want to get through as many questions as possible, so let's begin with Denise. |
| 1:07.5 | Hi, my name is Denise, and I'm from Auckland, New Zealand. I'm exploring worst |
| 1:11.9 | case scenarios and my question and concern is what happens if US stop supporting Ukraine and |
| 1:17.5 | eventually they will have no choice but to surrender to Russia. Now, for the last three years of |
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