Ukrainecast Podcast
The BBC's podcast on the war in Ukraine.
The BBC’s only English language programme entirely dedicated to the war in Ukraine and its fallout, Ukrainecast is your go-to podcast which investigates the biggest issues around the conflict: Could Putin push the nuclear button? How could Donald Trump end the war in 24 hours? What is the price for peace? The podcast is hosted by Newsnight presenter Victoria Derbyshire and BBC Monitoring’s Vitaly Shevchenko. Ukrainecast covers the most important topics around the conflict and speaks to the real people who’ve lived through several years of war. It also brings you agenda-setting interviews with special guests each week such as UK foreign secretary David Cameron, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and pre-eminent Russia expert Fiona Hill.
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If you enjoy Ukrainecast (and if you’re reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r Americast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07h19zz Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p05299nl
Episodes to download
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‘Have you ever had to collect your kid from the battlefield?’
Fri 20 Jan 2023
A mother’s quest to bring her dead son home
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Extra episode: Ukraine's interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash
Wed 18 Jan 2023
At least sixteen people have been killed, including Ukraine’s interior affairs minister.
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What is the future for 20-year-old student Vitalii?
Tue 17 Jan 2023
The dreams of 20-year-old student Vitalii have been put on hold.
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Bedtime stories from Ukraine
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Connecting families, separated by war, with a night time message
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The Church, the Kremlin and the ceasefire that wasn’t
Fri 6 Jan 2023
Russia announces a unilateral 36-hour ceasefire - Ukraine calls it cynical propaganda.
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Russia blames deadly attack on mobile phones
Wed 4 Jan 2023
Backlash as Moscow says soldiers’ phones revealed their location
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2022: The year war engulfed Ukraine
Fri 30 Dec 2022
The Ukrainecast team looks back at 2022 and assesses what 2023 might bring
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Viktoria’s Story: Starting a new life in the UK
Wed 28 Dec 2022
After her husband and daughter were killed, Viktoria is staying strong for her baby.
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Ukraine’s wartime Christmas
Fri 23 Dec 2022
The lights may go out but the Christmas spirit lives on in Ukraine.
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President Zelensky gets a warm welcome in Washington
Wed 21 Dec 2022
President Zelensky is to address Congress on his first trip abroad since the war began.
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Identifying the Ukrainian bodies found in shallow graves
Mon 19 Dec 2022
Pathologists are piecing together the identities of bodies buried in a wood near Izyum.
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Russia’s high-tech mega-trench
Wed 14 Dec 2022
Russia is digging a vast trench, but could Ukrainian forces just go round it?
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What happens to Russian soldiers who refuse to fight?
Mon 12 Dec 2022
A Russian soldier tells us the danger is ‘from our side’ not from Ukraine.
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The Winter Wonderland in Kyiv with bomb Shelters
Fri 9 Dec 2022
Santa's grotto, mulled wine and Mariah Carey: Kyiv keeps Christmas alive
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Comedy in Kyiv: Laughter brings light to a city at war
Wed 7 Dec 2022
Ukraine’s comedians say Putin wins the moment the laughter dies.
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Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months
Mon 5 Dec 2022
We assess military strategies as Russia and Ukraine grapple with freezing temperatures.
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Putin and Biden: Will they talk?
Fri 2 Dec 2022
The US President says he’ll meet if Putin sends the right signals.
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The Russian recruit who died before reaching the front line
Wed 30 Nov 2022
A mother’s story: “My son hadn’t been fed properly, hadn’t been given a uniform.”
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The Kyiv surgeons operating by torchlight
Mon 28 Nov 2022
A Ukrainian doctor describes how his team performed heart surgery in a blackout.
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Ukraine’s first lady: We can cope with blackouts for two or three years
Fri 25 Nov 2022
Olena Zelenska says Ukrainians will endure the winter despite the cold and power cuts.
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The newborn baby killed by a missile
Wed 23 Nov 2022
A baby boy has died after a missile hit a maternity ward just two days after he was born.
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Maidan: Where it all began?
Mon 21 Nov 2022
The 2013 Maidan protests that set Ukraine and Moscow on the road to war.
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Released from Russia for a reunion with my 5 year old Ukrainian daughter
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Separated, imprisoned and then released, we hear Victoria’s story.
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Who fired the missile into Poland?
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Nato says it’s likely the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukraine in defence.
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A missile hits Poland: How will Nato respond?
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Nato is deciding how to respond after a missile hit one of its members killing two people.
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Ukraine retakes Kherson
Fri 11 Nov 2022
There’s jubilation on Kherson’s streets as Ukrainian soldiers arrive in the city.