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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 as UK foreign secretary David Cameron, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and pre-eminent Russia expert Fiona Hill.

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  • 506 episodes
  • Updated Dec 23, 2025

Episodes506

  • Apr 25, 2022 · 26 min

    A tale of two Ukraines

    Struggling to resume normality in Kyiv, bracing oneself for fighting in Zaporizhzhia

  • Apr 22, 2022 · 30 min

    'A horror story'

    UN human rights officers in Ukraine document cases of unlawful killing, rape and torture

  • Apr 20, 2022 · 29 min

    No surrender

    A commander in Mariupol makes his troops' "last address to the world"

  • Apr 14, 2022 · 29 min

    Zelensky on the BBC

    The Ukrainian president accuses Europe of paying for Russian oil with blood money.

  • Apr 13, 2022 · 32 min

    The fugitive

    Ukraine says it has arrested one of Putin’s allies

  • Apr 12, 2022 · 36 min

    The Mayor of Bucha

    Reflections on the horrors inflicted on the people of his city.

  • Apr 11, 2022 · 33 min

    Russia's New Commander

    The man involved in Syria is now reported to be running operations in Ukraine

  • Apr 8, 2022 · 35 min

    The Station

    At least 50 people are dead after rockets hit a train station in Eastern Ukraine

  • Apr 6, 2022 · 25 min

    Road block 15

    A woman fleeing Mariupol shares her family’s frightening checkpoint experience

  • Apr 4, 2022 · 31 min

    Horror in Bucha

    Unarmed civilians massacred near Kyiv.

  • Mar 29, 2022 · 29 min

    Peace Talk Promises

    Russia pledges to reduce attacks near Ukraine’s capital.