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Ukrainecast

Zelensky on the BBC

Ukrainecast

BBC

News Commentary, News

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Ukrainian president accuses Europe of paying for Russian oil with blood money. The Ukrainians claim to have hit Russia's flagship warship. And Finland eyes up a place in Nato.

On today's Ukrainecast Vitaly and Fergal also hear how Ukrainian Railways are playing a critical role in the war effort, after having to reinvent themselves to evacuate refugees and move supplies around the country.

And we have an eyewitness account from a young woman who fled from the Donbas region last week.

Today's episode was made by Phil Marzouk and Osman Iqbal. The technical director was Emma Crowe. The assistant editors were Alison Gee and Sam Bonham.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Hello, it's the 50th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

0:16.0

And I've just come back from translating and recording voiceovers

0:20.0

for President Zelensky's interview with the BBC, with Clive Murray.

0:26.0

And one thing that struck me is how directly he accused Europe

0:32.0

of essentially having blood on its hands,

0:36.0

because it's buying Russian oil.

0:44.0

As is customary for President Zelensky,

0:46.0

he has also said that Ukraine needs more weapons

0:51.0

and it needs them now, not later.

0:58.0

It was really interesting to listen to President Zelensky.

1:01.0

He was much more articulate than in his interview with the Russian media.

1:06.0

He kept switching between Ukrainian and English,

1:09.0

clearly showing off his linguistic skill.

1:13.0

And one thing he was determined to get across to audiences across the globe

1:19.0

is that the West really needs to help Ukraine,

1:22.0

otherwise the war will come to the West.

1:31.0

This is Ukraine cost.

1:41.0

I'm ordering the Ministry of Defense

1:43.0

to put the strategic nuclear forces on special alert.

1:46.0

I could not imagine that I would find out

1:49.0

that actually my home is bombed.

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