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Feb 2023
32m 24s

Ukraine War: From Our Own Correspondents

BBC News
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The BBC’s foreign reporters assemble and discuss the war.

Adam is joined by Lyse Doucet and Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv, John Simpson in Lviv, Sarah Smith in Warsaw and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, following two high-stakes speeches from Presidents Putin and Biden.

Clive Myrie also "dials up" from Kharkiv to give us the latest from the east of the country.

Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and was made by Tim Walklate with Danny Wittenberg, Pearse Lynch and Maddie Drury. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

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