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Podcast: Ukrainecast
Episode: The mayor of Bakhmut: a town that no longer exists
Description: Ukraine's longest-serving official on death, exile and Vladimir Putin...Victoria and Vitaly speak to Oleksiy Reva, the mayor of Bakhmut, who has been in his position since 1990.The town he runs was the focus of one of the bloodiest battles of the war so far, and is now mostly in ruin.He discusses losing friends and colleagues, what he’d like to say to Vladimir Putin and his hopes to one day return to Bakhmut.Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Cord...