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The BBC’s only English language programme entirely dedicated to the war in Ukraine and its fallout, Ukrainecast is your go-to podcast which investigates the biggest issues around the conflict: Could Putin push the nuclear button? How could Donald Trump end the war in 24 hours? What is the price for peace? The podcast is hosted by Newsnight presenter Victoria Derbyshire and BBC Monitoring’s Vitaly Shevchenko. Ukrainecast covers the most important topics around the conflict and speaks to the real people who’ve lived through several years of war. It also brings you agenda-setting interviews with special guests each week such a...

Chernobyl Remembered

34 mins; April 25, 2023

Is the Ukraine war killing dolphins?

25 mins; April 21, 2023

Counting Russia’s war dead

33 mins; April 18, 2023

Stacey Dooley joins soldiers in training

34 mins; April 14, 2023

What do the Pentagon leaks tell us?

32 mins; April 11, 2023

Elya’s story: A refugee returns home

29 mins; April 06, 2023

Denounced in Russia

30 mins; April 04, 2023

Russia arrests US journalist

29 mins; March 31, 2023

Gathering evidence of atrocities

32 mins; March 28, 2023

Ukraine: Will American support hold in 2024?

29 mins; March 24, 2023

Putin and Xi talk partnership and peace proposals

30 mins; March 21, 2023

Arrest warrant issued for Putin

34 mins; March 17, 2023

Learning the language

28 mins; March 14, 2023

Mariupol one year on

33 mins; March 10, 2023

The power of music

31 mins; March 07, 2023

The trauma of Ukraine's children

30 mins; March 03, 2023

Ukraine’s War Diaries

37 mins; February 28, 2023

The anniversary

39 mins; February 24, 2023

12 Months On: Your questions answered

29 mins; February 23, 2023

12 Months On: President Putin’s Next Steps?

29 mins; February 22, 2023

12 Months On: British Ambassador in Conversation

39 mins; February 21, 2023

12 Months On: Vlad's Journey to England

29 mins; February 20, 2023

Inside a prisoner of war camp for Russians

30 mins; February 17, 2023

‘It’s just a casual donkey’

32 mins; February 14, 2023

The man in the woods

30 mins; February 10, 2023

Extra episode: President Zelensky makes a surprise visit to the UK

31 mins; February 08, 2023

Why do so many Russians support the war?

31 mins; February 07, 2023

The Ukrainian amputees who want to fight again

33 mins; February 03, 2023

Gearing up for a spring offensive?

35 mins; January 31, 2023

The spying game

28 mins; January 27, 2023

Why is Russia censoring LGBT-themed TV series?

26 mins; January 24, 2023

‘Have you ever had to collect your kid from the battlefield?’

28 mins; January 20, 2023

Extra episode: Ukraine's interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash

6 mins; January 18, 2023

What is the future for 20-year-old student Vitalii?

32 mins; January 17, 2023

Bedtime stories from Ukraine

35 mins; January 13, 2023

The Battle for the City of Bakhmut

30 mins; January 10, 2023

The Church, the Kremlin and the ceasefire that wasn’t

27 mins; January 06, 2023

Russia blames deadly attack on mobile phones

34 mins; January 04, 2023

2022: The year war engulfed Ukraine

37 mins; December 30, 2022

Viktoria’s Story: Starting a new life in the UK

19 mins; December 28, 2022

Ukraine’s wartime Christmas

33 mins; December 23, 2022

President Zelensky gets a warm welcome in Washington

34 mins; December 21, 2022

Identifying the Ukrainian bodies found in shallow graves

33 mins; December 19, 2022

Stories from pro-Russian Ukrainians

29 mins; December 16, 2022

Russia’s high-tech mega-trench

33 mins; December 14, 2022

What happens to Russian soldiers who refuse to fight?

28 mins; December 12, 2022

The Winter Wonderland in Kyiv with bomb Shelters

31 mins; December 09, 2022

Comedy in Kyiv: Laughter brings light to a city at war

27 mins; December 07, 2022

Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months

32 mins; December 05, 2022

Putin and Biden: Will they talk?

29 mins; December 02, 2022

The Russian recruit who died before reaching the front line

34 mins; November 30, 2022

The Kyiv surgeons operating by torchlight

28 mins; November 28, 2022

Ukraine’s first lady: We can cope with blackouts for two or three years

26 mins; November 25, 2022

The newborn baby killed by a missile

27 mins; November 23, 2022

Maidan: Where it all began?

35 mins; November 21, 2022

Released from Russia for a reunion with my 5 year old Ukrainian daughter

34 mins; November 18, 2022

Who fired the missile into Poland?

33 mins; November 16, 2022

A missile hits Poland: How will Nato respond?

11 mins; November 16, 2022

What does Kherson mean for Putin?

32 mins; November 14, 2022

Ukraine retakes Kherson

28 mins; November 11, 2022

Kherson: Russian retreat?

38 mins; November 09, 2022

The full horror of Mariupol - a BBC investigation

34 mins; November 07, 2022

A mother’s plea to get her teenage son back

38 mins; November 04, 2022

The great-grandmother attacked in her own home

30 mins; November 02, 2022

What next for Ukrainian refugees?

35 mins; October 31, 2022

‘Dad, you have five days to get us’

42 mins; October 28, 2022

Are there any Russian spies left in Europe?

35 mins; October 26, 2022

Diary of an Occupation

32 mins; October 24, 2022

Christiane Amanpour and Lyse Doucet

30 mins; October 21, 2022

Why is Russia evacuating Kherson?

35 mins; October 19, 2022

‘Kamikaze’ drones attack Kyiv

29 mins; October 17, 2022

Russia's Kherson Evacuation

35 mins; October 14, 2022

Why are Ukrainian orphans ending up in Russia?

32 mins; October 12, 2022

Missile strikes across Ukraine

39 mins; October 10, 2022

A history of Ukraine and Russia

45 mins; October 07, 2022

'There may be no tomorrow for my friends'

14 mins; October 06, 2022

Will Russia use nuclear weapons?

34 mins; October 05, 2022

Russia makes claims, Ukraine makes gains

32 mins; October 03, 2022

Deconstructing that Putin speech

31 mins; September 30, 2022

Nord Stream leaks: Sabotage?

31 mins; September 28, 2022

Are the Russian protests growing?

33 mins; September 26, 2022

Fleeing the Call Up

32 mins; September 23, 2022

Putin issues nuclear threats

33 mins; September 21, 2022

Who is still friends with Putin?

34 mins; September 19, 2022

The war crimes investigator

34 mins; September 16, 2022

Anastasia’s Story

30 mins; September 14, 2022

What will Putin do next?

35 mins; September 12, 2022

Extra episode: Ukraine Advances

12 mins; September 10, 2022

Ukraine pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

25 mins; September 09, 2022

'Worse than Bucha'

30 mins; September 07, 2022

The Secret Concert

32 mins; September 05, 2022

Americast: Mar-a-Legal Trouble

45 mins; September 03, 2022

The mysterious death of the Russian oil boss

35 mins; September 02, 2022

Gorbachev and Ukraine

37 mins; August 31, 2022

Confessions of a Russian soldier

28 mins; August 26, 2022

Six Months On

51 mins; August 24, 2022

‘Putin’s Rasputin’

29 mins; August 22, 2022

Where is my husband?

27 mins; August 19, 2022

A Voice from Crimea

22 mins; August 17, 2022

Frontman on the frontline

30 mins; August 15, 2022

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