Your Questions Answered: Zelensky's popularity, the UN and how Trump called Putin
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
What are Ukraine’s options for getting proper security guarantees? What actually happens when world leaders speak on the phone? And how are the Putin, Trump and Zelensky discussions and negotiations being viewed by ordinary Ukrainians?
Those are just a few of your questions that have landed in our inbox and today Lyse, Vitaly and Olga Robinson from BBC Verify joined presenter Matt Chorley to answer them on BBC 5 Live.
The producers were Ryan Johnston and Ben Carter. 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. |
| 0:04.4 | It's 1,122 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:11.4 | And it is the end of another busy week of intense diplomatic wrangling, |
| 0:17.0 | as more attempts are made to bring the war in Ukraine to some kind of conclusion. |
| 0:22.4 | You've been sending us so many questions. |
| 0:25.4 | So we've teamed up with Five Live to once again try to provide some answers. |
| 0:31.2 | Vitali, BBC verifies Olga Robinson, and Miliys Doucette, |
| 0:36.2 | joined Matt Chorley in the Five Live studio on Friday afternoon. |
| 0:40.8 | This is Ukraine cast. |
| 0:43.1 | Ukraine cast from BBC News. |
| 0:45.7 | Life is not safe in Ukraine. |
| 0:47.8 | Nor are in Ukraine. |
| 0:48.7 | We've had three years of bloody conflict now. |
| 0:50.7 | We need to get to that lasting peace. |
| 0:52.8 | We hope we can finish this war this year. |
| 0:55.9 | President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker. |
| 1:00.0 | Biden will just enemy. Trump is arrival. |
| 1:02.8 | Ukrainians will pay lives for this decision. |
| 1:04.9 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 1:08.0 | Two big phone calls probably dominated this week's of news. President Trump on Tuesday spoke |
| 1:13.0 | to Vladimir Putin of Russia. Then on Wednesday he got on the phone to Ukraine's President Zelensky. |
| 1:17.3 | So lots of talking, what's actually happening? We've got James on the line with the question. |
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