We continue the story of a covert smuggling operation to bring abortion pills into Ukraine, shortly after the Russian invasion. In this episode, reporters Katz Laszlo and Gregory Warner go to Ukraine, landing on a fall night during a citywide blackout, to pick up the trail of the pills and find out about the doctors and patients who needed them. But as they ... Show More
Yesterday
On the Media: American Emergency
A little while back, our friends over at On the Media released a gripping and immersive reporting series about FEMA, the agency that is supposed to be there for all of us in the wake of disaster. In American Emergency (https://zpr.io/MtrUmJU3yEMW), OTM investigates how the agency ... Show More
55m 34s
Jan 2023
Bedtime stories from Ukraine
Connecting families, separated by war, with a night time message. Millions of children have been separated from their dads by the war in Ukraine but with the help of an interactive story app, the bedtime ritual can continue. We speak to Leila Popovich of Better Time Stories, and ... Show More
35m 8s
Dec 2023
Ukrainian Christmas Carols: A Ukrainecast special
It’s our final episode before Christmas and Ukrainecast has invited some of the Songs for Ukraine chorus, from London's Royal Opera House, to join us in the Radio 3 Classical Music studio.As well as singing two traditional Ukrainian Christmas carols, we hear the stories of four m ... Show More
25m 33s
Feb 2023
14. 12 Months On: President Putin’s Next Steps?
Ukrainecast comes together with Putin, the BBC Sounds and Radio 4 podcast which examines the life, times, motives and modus operandi of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Returning to the show are three lifelong Kremlin-watchers to cast ahead and speculate on just how this war might d ... Show More
29m 20s
Jun 2024
Ukraine's children: Growing up under fire
The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 changed the lives of students, shop keepers and nurses who unexpectedly found themselves fighting for their country. It has also transformed childhood, with many young people seeing fathers, brothers and sisters head to the front ... Show More
28m 8s
Feb 2023
Ukraine one year on, with filmmaker Nadia Parfan
This week marks a year since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In this episode, Lilah speaks with Ukrainian director Nadia Parfan, whose documentary short 'I did not want to make a war film' is a first-person essay about how life has changed. Nadia was in Egypt when the wa ... Show More
19m 30s
Nov 2022
Ukraine : notre reporter raconte les traumatismes d’une guerre qui s’enlise
<p>Le 11 novembre, la ville de Kherson, dans le sud de l'Ukraine, est libérée après 8 mois d’occupation russe. C’est une étape importante dans le conflit ukrainien, car Kherson était jusqu’ici la seule grande ville ukrainienne prise par la Russie.</p><br><p>Mais la paix est loin ... Show More
23m 56s
Aug 2022
Who's winning the war in Ukraine?
<p>Six months into the Ukraine war, Gideon talks to Phillips O'Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, about the balance of forces on each side. With Russian forces bogged down, is a Ukrainian victory now a possibility?</p><p><em>Clips: Th ... Show More
23m 49s