War Crimes: Opposing Perspectives

Russia’s UK ambassador calls footage a ‘fabrication’

• 21 mins

Rouble Rumblings

What does Europe’s partial oil ban mean for Russia’s economy?

• 30 mins

A boost to Kyiv’s firepower

Ukraine gets long-sought US long-range missile systems

• 29 mins

100 Days

We take you through 100 days of war

• 59 mins

Missiles Return to Kyiv

Russia targets Ukraine’s capital for the first time in weeks

• 26 mins

‘Dead Cities’

Why some Ukrainians choose to flee whilst others stay

• 26 mins

The woman in a red coat

Her body remained in the street for four weeks

• 32 mins

Sentenced to death

Three men are convicted by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine.

• 30 mins

Life in a Russian prison

The Kremlin defends the death sentences for three captured soldiers.

• 32 mins

Viktoria's story

Her one year old baby is what keeps her going after losing her husband and daughter

• 36 mins

The 19-year-old soldier

His commander died saving his life

• 35 mins

The Lavrov interview

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in rare interview with BBC

• 35 mins

Rescue mission

Driving into a war zone on a rescue mission

• 31 mins

The forgotten POW

The sister of Moroccan man captured in Ukraine says her brother has been betrayed

• 36 mins

The Resistance

Ukrainian opposition and the manual on how to mount an insurgency

• 40 mins

The shopping mall

Russian missile strike hits a shopping centre in central-eastern Ukraine

• 28 mins

Ukraine's IT army

A quarter of a million people now participate in regular cyber attacks against Russia

• 36 mins

The missing mayor

Russian forces have detained the mayor of Kherson after he refused to work with them

• 33 mins

Russia seizes key city

Ukraine’s army withdraws from a key eastern city as Russia takes control of the region

• 32 mins

The Snake Island medic

He was captured on the first day of the war in Ukraine - his mother still has no news

• 32 mins

Taira’s story

Fearless paramedic who filmed the horrors of Mariupol and was held captive for 3 months

• 39 mins

Jailed for Speaking Out

A Moscow councillor is sent to jail for 7 years for criticising the war

• 33 mins

Defending those who refuse to fight

Mikhail Benyash advises Russian soldiers who don’t want to fight in Ukraine

• 35 mins

Sexual Violence: A Weapon Of War

Running a hotline for victims of abuse.

• 27 mins

The Russian Millionaire Driving Medicine to Ukraine

Evgeny Chichvarkin, a telecoms tycoon who fled Russia, is now delivering aid to Ukraine

• 34 mins

Russia, Iran and Turkey

The Russian president meets leaders of Iran and Turkey.

• 27 mins

A deal for Ukrainian grain

The grain deal should help alleviate global food crisis

• 31 mins

The Russian charm offensive in Africa

Russia tries to rally support in Africa as the war in Ukraine goes into its sixth month

• 31 mins

Locked away in Ukraine's orphanages

Thousands of disabled people live in Ukraine's orphanages - but many aren't even orphans

• 31 mins

The interview with Ukraine's First Lady

Ukrainecast’s Lucy Hockings talks to Olena Zelenska about trauma and that Vogue cover

• 27 mins

Why hasn’t Russia banned YouTube?

YouTube’s No 2, Neal Mohan, discusses the fine line between disinformation and censorship

• 36 mins

Father and Son reunited

16 year old Vlad was held captive for 90 days. Now released, he shares his tale of horror

• 35 mins

Russia's shadow army

Allegations that Russian prisoners are being recruited to fight in the Ukraine war

• 33 mins

What about China?

And is the war in Ukraine making it rethink its stance on Taiwan?

• 35 mins

Nuclear Power Struggle

Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been damaged by Russian rockets

• 25 mins

Captured by Russia

Life inside a detention centre.

• 33 mins

Kept at gunpoint in a nuclear plant

We hear from people in the Ukrainian nuclear plant working in fear for their lives

• 30 mins

Frontman on the frontline

From performing with Ed Sheeran to becoming an army paramedic

• 30 mins

A Voice from Crimea

What is it like living under Russian rule?

• 22 mins

Where is my husband?

Ukrainian wife desperate for news.

• 27 mins

‘Putin’s Rasputin’

Who was the real target of a suspected car bomb outside Moscow?

• 29 mins

Six Months On

We mark the anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine.

• 51 mins

Confessions of a Russian soldier

He says he wants to clear his conscience as he admits to being a war criminal

• 28 mins

Gorbachev and Ukraine

He contributed to Ukraine's independence. So why do they not remember him more fondly?

• 37 mins

The mysterious death of the Russian oil boss

He fell from a hospital window, the latest in a string of suspicious fatalities

• 35 mins

Americast: Mar-a-Legal Trouble

Donald Trump, some top secret documents and the FBI.

• 45 mins

The Secret Concert

Punk rock band Gogol Bordello on their secret gig for Ukrainian soldiers

• 32 mins

'Worse than Bucha'

A journalist who fled Kherson tells of atrocities in the Russian-occupied city

• 30 mins

Ukraine pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

President Zelensky sends message of condolence to Britain's Royal Family

• 25 mins

Extra episode: Ukraine Advances

Russian forces withdraw from key eastern towns.

• 12 mins

What will Putin do next?

Russian nationalists react to setback in Ukraine

• 35 mins

Anastasia’s Story

Anastasia’s hometown has been liberated, but it came too late for her loved ones.

• 30 mins

The war crimes investigator

Mass exhumations in newly recaptured territory get under way

• 34 mins

Who is still friends with Putin?

Even his closest allies are distancing themselves

• 34 mins

Putin issues nuclear threats

President Putin warns he’s not bluffing and orders partial mobilisation

• 33 mins

Fleeing the Call Up

Men flee conscription as referendums start in Russian occupied Ukraine

• 32 mins

Are the Russian protests growing?

There have been protests in Russia and an officer at a recruitment centre has been shot.

• 33 mins

Nord Stream leaks: Sabotage?

The EU says leaks in two gas pipelines from Russia were caused deliberately.

• 31 mins

Deconstructing that Putin speech

In a defiant speech, Putin declares four areas of Ukraine as Russian.

• 31 mins

Russia makes claims, Ukraine makes gains

What’s happening on the ground in the annexed regions?

• 32 mins

Will Russia use nuclear weapons?

We unpick Putin’s warnings that he’s willing to use all means at his disposal

• 34 mins

'There may be no tomorrow for my friends'

The war hits home for Ukrainecast host

• 14 mins

A history of Ukraine and Russia

How the conflict in Ukraine is rooted in different interpretations of the past

• 45 mins

Missile strikes across Ukraine

Putin says strikes are revenge and threatens more attacks

• 39 mins

Why are Ukrainian orphans ending up in Russia?

A Russian woman shares her mixed feelings about adopting a child from Ukraine

• 32 mins

Russia's Kherson Evacuation

Civilians told to 'save themselves' as Ukrainian forces advance

• 35 mins

‘Kamikaze’ drones attack Kyiv

Russia attacks the capital with drones targeting civilian infrastructure

• 29 mins

Why is Russia evacuating Kherson?

Tens of thousands of civilians and officials are being moved out of the occupied city

• 35 mins

Christiane Amanpour and Lyse Doucet

Why is Iran helping Russia?

• 30 mins

Diary of an Occupation

How one man secretly filmed life in Kherson under Russian forces.

• 32 mins

Are there any Russian spies left in Europe?

Norway detains a suspected Russian spy - the latest in a long string of arrests

• 35 mins

‘Dad, you have five days to get us’

A Ukrainian father’s ordeal to get his children back from Russia

• 42 mins

What next for Ukrainian refugees?

Ukraine has asked refugees not to return until spring but can host countries cope?

• 35 mins

The great-grandmother attacked in her own home

Liudmyla tells how a soldier raped her and beat her up in her own home.

• 30 mins

A mother’s plea to get her teenage son back

The Ukrainian school boy was beaten, detained and threatened

• 38 mins

The full horror of Mariupol - a BBC investigation

More civilians were killed in Mariupol than in any other European city since World War 2

• 34 mins

Kherson: Russian retreat?

Russia has ordered its military to pull out of the Ukrainian city of Kherson.

• 38 mins

Ukraine retakes Kherson

There’s jubilation on Kherson’s streets as Ukrainian soldiers arrive in the city.

• 28 mins

What does Kherson mean for Putin?

Is this the beginning of the end of the war?

• 32 mins

A missile hits Poland: How will Nato respond?

Nato is deciding how to respond after a missile hit one of its members killing two people.

• 11 mins

Who fired the missile into Poland?

Nato says it’s likely the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukraine in defence.

• 33 mins

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

Separated, imprisoned and then released, we hear Victoria’s story.

• 34 mins

Maidan: Where it all began?

The 2013 Maidan protests that set Ukraine and Moscow on the road to war.

• 35 mins

The newborn baby killed by a missile

A baby boy has died after a missile hit a maternity ward just two days after he was born.

• 27 mins

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

Olena Zelenska says Ukrainians will endure the winter despite the cold and power cuts.

• 26 mins

The Kyiv surgeons operating by torchlight

A Ukrainian doctor describes how his team performed heart surgery in a blackout.

• 28 mins

The Russian recruit who died before reaching the front line

A mother’s story: “My son hadn’t been fed properly, hadn’t been given a uniform.”

• 34 mins

Putin and Biden: Will they talk?

The US President says he’ll meet if Putin sends the right signals.

• 29 mins

Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months

We assess military strategies as Russia and Ukraine grapple with freezing temperatures.

• 32 mins

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

Ukraine’s comedians say Putin wins the moment the laughter dies.

• 27 mins

The Winter Wonderland in Kyiv with bomb Shelters

Santa's grotto, mulled wine and Mariah Carey: Kyiv keeps Christmas alive

• 31 mins

What happens to Russian soldiers who refuse to fight?

A Russian soldier tells us the danger is ‘from our side’ not from Ukraine.

• 28 mins

Russia’s high-tech mega-trench

Russia is digging a vast trench, but could Ukrainian forces just go round it?

• 33 mins

Stories from pro-Russian Ukrainians

Who are they and what do they want?

• 29 mins

Identifying the Ukrainian bodies found in shallow graves

Pathologists are piecing together the identities of bodies buried in a wood near Izyum.

• 33 mins

President Zelensky gets a warm welcome in Washington

President Zelensky is to address Congress on his first trip abroad since the war began.

• 34 mins

Ukraine’s wartime Christmas

The lights may go out but the Christmas spirit lives on in Ukraine.

• 33 mins

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

After her husband and daughter were killed, Viktoria is staying strong for her baby.

• 19 mins

2022: The year war engulfed Ukraine

The Ukrainecast team looks back at 2022 and assesses what 2023 might bring

• 37 mins