Your Questions Answered: Trump's next move, Black Sea ceasefire and the Arctic
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
What’s President Trump’s next move in the ceasefire negotiations? What would happen if Russia launched a missile from the Black Sea into Ukraine? And what is President Putin up to in the Arctic?
James is joined by BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson and diplomatic correspondent James Landale to answer these questions and more.
Today’s episode is presented by James Waterhouse. The producers were Ryan Johnston and Ben Carter. 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
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | It's 1,129 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:10.9 | And a lot has happened, hasn't it, since Vic and Vitt recorded on Tuesday, |
| 0:15.7 | after we heard that the US had announced that Moscow and Kiev |
| 0:19.1 | had agreed to a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea |
| 0:22.7 | in separate deals announced in Saudi Arabia. The Kremlin then issued a statement saying that |
| 0:28.5 | some Western sanctions must be lifted before that ceasefire can begin. And you have been sending |
| 0:34.9 | in so many questions to us about this and many other things. |
| 0:38.9 | So we're going to cut to it. |
| 0:40.6 | We're going to try and answer some of them in this episode of Ukrainecast. |
| 0:45.7 | Ukraine cast from BBC News. |
| 0:48.3 | Life is not safe in Ukraine, nowhere in Ukraine. |
| 0:51.3 | We've had three years of bloody conflict now. |
| 0:53.3 | We need to get to that lasting peace. |
| 0:55.0 | We hope we can finish this war this year. |
| 0:58.0 | President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker. |
| 1:02.0 | Biden will just enemy. |
| 1:04.0 | Trump is a rival. |
| 1:05.0 | Ukrainians will pay lives for this decision. |
| 1:07.0 | You're gambling with World War 3. |
| 1:10.0 | Hello, this is James Waterhouse in the Ukraine for this decision. You're gambling with World War III. |
| 1:14.4 | Hello, this is James Waterhouse in the Ukraine Car Studio. |
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