Ukrainecast Podcast
The BBC's podcast on the war in Ukraine.
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 as UK foreign secretary David Cameron, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and pre-eminent Russia expert Fiona Hill.
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Episodes to download
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A Moscow car bomb and Putin’s telethon
Tue 23 Dec 2025
A Russian general was killed by an explosive device for the third time this year
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Q&A: Is this Europe’s last chance to bankroll Ukraine?
Thu 18 Dec 2025
A key summit is underway over the fate of frozen Russian assets
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Will Russia accept US-Ukraine peace proposals?
Tue 16 Dec 2025
US-Ukraine talks in Berlin have resolved issues, but will Russia agree?
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Q&A: Could Ukraine hold wartime elections?
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Your questions answered as Donald Trump questions Kyiv’s commitment to democracy
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What does the new US security strategy mean for Ukraine?
Tue 9 Dec 2025
Plus, the fight to free the Ukrainian children 'forcibly displaced' by Russia
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Q&A: Zelensky is afraid, Russian billionaires and Europe’s strongest army
Thu 4 Dec 2025
Your questions answered as the US continues talks with Russia and Ukraine
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Zelensky has lost his right-hand man, what now?
Tue 2 Dec 2025
Presidential chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, resigned after authorities searched his home
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Q&A: How credible is the US peace plan?
Thu 27 Nov 2025
A final agreement needs sign off by the Ukraine and the US before being put to Russia.
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Could a peace deal be close?
Tue 25 Nov 2025
Ukraine has called for a Trump-Zelensky meeting in the US this week.
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What's in the leaked US-Russia peace plan?
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Ukraine's President Zelensky says he will "propose alternatives"
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Explaining Ukraine to children: A special episode with Newsround
Thu 20 Nov 2025
We answer questions from kids about Russia's ongoing invasion
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Bake Off’s Nataliia on leaving Ukraine, and family living under occupation
Tue 18 Nov 2025
Plus, fresh Polish claims of "foreign" sabotage
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Q&A: Corruption Scandal, AI Surrender Videos, and the International Space Station
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Ukraine's energy and justice ministers have resigned in the wake of an embezzlement probe
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Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina on Russian prisons and living in exile
Tue 11 Nov 2025
The punk activist talks about her experience in detention and escape from Russia
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Q&A: Russia advances on Pokrovsk, Ukraine digs in, and sanctions start to bite
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Your questions answered as Russia closes in on the strategic Ukrianian city of Pokrovsk.
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Serving on the frontline as a teenager
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Sophia Yanchevska is a 19-year-old combat medic in Ukraine
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Q&A: Frozen assets, the Baltic Sea, and a fresh ceasefire push
Thu 30 Oct 2025
The EU has postponed a decision over Russian funds worth €140bn
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How dangerous is Russia’s nuclear powered missile?
Tue 28 Oct 2025
Nato calls it ‘Skyfall’, others a “tiny flying Chernobyl”… what is it?
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Q&A: Trump's sanctions, Putin's nuclear drills, and Zelensky's poll ratings
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Your questions answered as the US puts new sanctions on Russian oil companies.
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What really happened in the Trump-Zelensky meeting?
Tue 21 Oct 2025
And what does it mean for a Trump-Putin meeting?
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Q&A: Tomahawk missiles, the drone race, and Ukrainian Halloween
Thu 16 Oct 2025
Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet Donald Trump at the White House on Friday
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After Gaza, is Trump turning his attention to Ukraine?
Tue 14 Oct 2025
US President Donald Trump is due to meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday
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Q&A: Proxy wars, drone walls, and Russian supply lines
Thu 9 Oct 2025
Your questions answered on Tomahawk missiles and false flag operations
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Is Russia using my childhood home as a military base?
Tue 7 Oct 2025
And the impact of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries
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Q&A: Russia's veto power, Nato's Article 5, and Putin's succession plan
Thu 2 Oct 2025
Your questions answered on UN peacekeepers and Russian defence treaties
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The surgeons treating frontline soldiers: “Every day is a mass casualty incident”
Tue 30 Sep 2025
And Moldova votes to move towards Europe.
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Q&A: Trump’s UN turnaround, Zelensky’s weapons warning, and Putin assassination plots
Thu 25 Sep 2025
The US president backed Ukraine to regain its territory at the UN General Assembly
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Is Nato ready to shoot down Russian jets?
Tue 23 Sep 2025
Estonia says Russia violated its airspace last week.
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Q&A: Trump & King Charles, Russian oil and a lesson on drones
Thu 18 Sep 2025
Your questions answered after the US president's UK state visit.
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Why is Trump making deals with Belarus?
Tue 16 Sep 2025
US diplomatic delegations and military representatives have visited Belarus

