Ukrainecast

The BBC's podcast on the war in Ukraine.

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A Moscow car bomb and Putin’s telethon
A Russian general was killed by an explosive device for the third time this year
23 Dec 2025,32 mins
Q&A: Is this Europe’s last chance to bankroll Ukraine?
A key summit is underway over the fate of frozen Russian assets
18 Dec 2025,26 mins
Will Russia accept US-Ukraine peace proposals?
US-Ukraine talks in Berlin have resolved issues, but will Russia agree?
16 Dec 2025,28 mins
Q&A: Could Ukraine hold wartime elections?
Your questions answered as Donald Trump questions Kyiv’s commitment to democracy
11 Dec 2025,27 mins
What does the new US security strategy mean for Ukraine?
Plus, the fight to free the Ukrainian children 'forcibly displaced' by Russia
09 Dec 2025,29 mins
Q&A: Zelensky is afraid, Russian billionaires and Europe’s strongest army
Your questions answered as the US continues talks with Russia and Ukraine
04 Dec 2025,27 mins
Zelensky has lost his right-hand man, what now?
Presidential chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, resigned after authorities searched his home
02 Dec 2025,24 mins
Q&A: How credible is the US peace plan?
A final agreement needs sign off by the Ukraine and the US before being put to Russia.
27 Nov 2025,30 mins
Could a peace deal be close?
Ukraine has called for a Trump-Zelensky meeting in the US this week.
25 Nov 2025,32 mins
What's in the leaked US-Russia peace plan?
Ukraine's President Zelensky says he will "propose alternatives"
21 Nov 2025,17 mins
Explaining Ukraine to children: A special episode with Newsround
We answer questions from kids about Russia's ongoing invasion
20 Nov 2025,37 mins
Bake Off’s Nataliia on leaving Ukraine, and family living under occupation
Plus, fresh Polish claims of "foreign" sabotage
18 Nov 2025,24 mins
Q&A: Corruption Scandal, AI Surrender Videos, and the International Space Station
Ukraine's energy and justice ministers have resigned in the wake of an embezzlement probe
13 Nov 2025,28 mins
Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina on Russian prisons and living in exile
The punk activist talks about her experience in detention and escape from Russia
11 Nov 2025,38 mins,
Q&A: Russia advances on Pokrovsk, Ukraine digs in, and sanctions start to bite
Your questions answered as Russia closes in on the strategic Ukrianian city of Pokrovsk.
06 Nov 2025,26 mins
Serving on the frontline as a teenager
Sophia Yanchevska is a 19-year-old combat medic in Ukraine
04 Nov 2025,32 mins
Q&A: Frozen assets, the Baltic Sea, and a fresh ceasefire push
The EU has postponed a decision over Russian funds worth €140bn
30 Oct 2025,25 mins
How dangerous is Russia’s nuclear powered missile?
Nato calls it ‘Skyfall’, others a “tiny flying Chernobyl”… what is it?
28 Oct 2025,29 mins
Q&A: Trump's sanctions, Putin's nuclear drills, and Zelensky's poll ratings
Your questions answered as the US puts new sanctions on Russian oil companies.
23 Oct 2025,29 mins
What really happened in the Trump-Zelensky meeting?
And what does it mean for a Trump-Putin meeting?
21 Oct 2025,36 mins
Q&A: Tomahawk missiles, the drone race, and Ukrainian Halloween
Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet Donald Trump at the White House on Friday
16 Oct 2025,27 mins
After Gaza, is Trump turning his attention to Ukraine?
US President Donald Trump is due to meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday
14 Oct 2025,31 mins
Q&A: Proxy wars, drone walls, and Russian supply lines
Your questions answered on Tomahawk missiles and false flag operations
09 Oct 2025,30 mins
Is Russia using my childhood home as a military base?
And the impact of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries
07 Oct 2025,20 mins
Q&A: Russia's veto power, Nato's Article 5, and Putin's succession plan
Your questions answered on UN peacekeepers and Russian defence treaties
02 Oct 2025,29 mins
The surgeons treating frontline soldiers: “Every day is a mass casualty incident”
And Moldova votes to move towards Europe.
30 Sep 2025,33 mins
Q&A: Trump’s UN turnaround, Zelensky’s weapons warning, and Putin assassination plots
The US president backed Ukraine to regain its territory at the UN General Assembly
25 Sep 2025,26 mins
Is Nato ready to shoot down Russian jets?
Estonia says Russia violated its airspace last week.
23 Sep 2025,20 mins
Q&A: Trump & King Charles, Russian oil and a lesson on drones
Your questions answered after the US president's UK state visit.
18 Sep 2025,28 mins
Why is Trump making deals with Belarus?
US diplomatic delegations and military representatives have visited Belarus
16 Sep 2025,36 mins