Aug 21

Q&A: Security Guarantees, Ukrainian Elections and Putin's Trump Whispering

After headline-grabbing meetings in Alaska and Washington, members of the world’s media are on high alert, as Donald Trump talks up the chances of a summit between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin. So, has a change in tone from the US on security guarantees moved the needle? ... Show More

31m 52s

Aug 19

Can Trump persuade Putin to meet Zelensky?

White House talks between Donald Trump and European leaders continued into the night yesterday, with plenty on the agenda including the shape of future security guarantees for Ukraine, and the prospect of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian pres ... Show More

30m 49s

Aug 16

What did we learn from the Trump-Putin summit?

The first face to face meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin since the war in Ukraine started is over, with Donald Trump saying “we didn’t get there” on a Ukraine deal, or a ceasefire. The meeting lasted three hours, with the US president insisting progress was made, an ... Show More

31m 28s

Mar 2022

Special: Global News Ukrainecast part 2

A month since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are collaborating with Ukrainecast again. We answer more of your questions.Jackie Leonard, presenter of the Global News Podcast, alongside Gabriel Gatehouse and Vitaliy Shevchenko from Ukrainecast, guide us through questions about ... Show More

32m 49s

Jun 2024

Ep.573: Storia dei colloqui di pace tra ucraini e russi. Nel 2022 e oggi

Putin ha formulato una “proposta di cessate il fuoco” in cui chiede agli ucraini di ritirarsi dall’Ucraina senza promettere qualcosa in cambio. Con questa proposta il presidente russo ha fatto crollare una speculazione recente: che l’ostacolo alla pace fosse l’Ucraina. La storia ... Show More

13m 9s

Mar 2022

Ukraine's Foreign Legion

When President Zelensky put a call out for fighters to join the defence of Ukraine against the Russian assault, an estimated 20,000 answered - including Shane Matthew, a former member of the British Army. As we mark a month since the start of the war in Ukraine, what is life like ... Show More

27m 58s

Mar 2022

Newscast + Ukrainecast

As talks between Russia and Ukraine fail again, the human toll of the war is escalating. Laura, Chris and Adam are joined by Gabriel Gatehouse of Ukrainecast, to discuss the latest developments in both countries, and try to work out what President Putin and his small circle of “s ... Show More

31m 59s

Oct 2022

Strikes Across Ukraine

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities as Putin threatens "harsh" action.We get the latest on Monday’s deadly blasts with the BBC’s International Editor, Jeremy Bowen, and Ukrainecast host, Vitaliy Shevchenko. They discuss President Putin’s motivation, the risk of further "escalat ... Show More

32m 28s

Feb 2022

Ukrainecast: Nuclear Reaction

Putin moves Russia's nuclear forces to "special alert”, in response to what he described as “aggression” from Nato countries. Meanwhile as fighting continues in the streets across Ukraine’s biggest cities, President Zelensky says his delegation will meet with Russia at the Belaru ... Show More

39m 7s

Feb 2023

One year of war in Ukraine

Tommy and Ben look back on a year of war in Ukraine and discuss what people got wrong, lessons learned, and where things stand today. Then, Ben and Tommy talk to reporters and Ukrainians about the war including FT reporter and longtime Ukraine resident Christopher Miller, 18-year ... Show More

1h 37m

May 2023

Eurovision mission accomplished for Ukraine?

Its mission was to highlight the situation of the Ukrainian people and that country’s culture - but was it mission accomplished? We are talking of course about the Eurovision Song Contest which was recently staged in the UK on behalf of 2022’s winners Ukraine. We speak with the e ... Show More

8m 58s

Feb 2022

Ukrainecast: The Battle for Kyiv

Ukraine government gives out guns as Russian forces approach... Victoria, Gabriel and Vitaliy talk through how the conflict has unfolded. Olga Malchevska, from the BBC Ukrainian Service in London, tells of how her family home was targeted, and Newsnight’s diplomatic editor Mark U ... Show More

34m 34s

Feb 2022

Russia invades Ukraine

Russia has confirmed what western powers had long predicted and invaded Ukraine. On the eve of war, Gideon spoke to Sabine Fischer of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, a Russian specialist recently back from Moscow, and to Polina Ivanova, FT corresponde ... Show More

21m 22s

2022: The year war engulfed Ukraine