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100 Days
We take you through 100 days of war
Missiles Return to Kyiv
Russia targets Ukraine’s capital for the first time in weeks
‘Dead Cities’
Why some Ukrainians choose to flee whilst others stay
The woman in a red coat
Her body remained in the street for four weeks
Sentenced to death
Three men are convicted by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine.
Life in a Russian prison
The Kremlin defends the death sentences for three captured soldiers.
Viktoria's story
Her one year old baby is what keeps her going after losing her husband and daughter
The 19-year-old soldier
His commander died saving his life
The Lavrov interview
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in rare interview with BBC
Rescue mission
Driving into a war zone on a rescue mission
The forgotten POW
The sister of Moroccan man captured in Ukraine says her brother has been betrayed
The Resistance
Ukrainian opposition and the manual on how to mount an insurgency
The shopping mall
Russian missile strike hits a shopping centre in central-eastern Ukraine
Ukraine's IT army
A quarter of a million people now participate in regular cyber attacks against Russia
The missing mayor
Russian forces have detained the mayor of Kherson after he refused to work with them
Russia seizes key city
Ukraine’s army withdraws from a key eastern city as Russia takes control of the region
The Snake Island medic
He was captured on the first day of the war in Ukraine - his mother still has no news
Taira’s story
Fearless paramedic who filmed the horrors of Mariupol and was held captive for 3 months
Jailed for Speaking Out
A Moscow councillor is sent to jail for 7 years for criticising the war
Defending those who refuse to fight
Mikhail Benyash advises Russian soldiers who don’t want to fight in Ukraine
Sexual Violence: A Weapon Of War
Running a hotline for victims of abuse.
The Russian Millionaire Driving Medicine to Ukraine
Evgeny Chichvarkin, a telecoms tycoon who fled Russia, is now delivering aid to Ukraine
Russia, Iran and Turkey
The Russian president meets leaders of Iran and Turkey.
A deal for Ukrainian grain
The grain deal should help alleviate global food crisis
The Russian charm offensive in Africa
Russia tries to rally support in Africa as the war in Ukraine goes into its sixth month
Locked away in Ukraine's orphanages
Thousands of disabled people live in Ukraine's orphanages - but many aren't even orphans
The interview with Ukraine's First Lady
Ukrainecast’s Lucy Hockings talks to Olena Zelenska about trauma and that Vogue cover
Why hasn’t Russia banned YouTube?
YouTube’s No 2, Neal Mohan, discusses the fine line between disinformation and censorship
Father and Son reunited
16 year old Vlad was held captive for 90 days. Now released, he shares his tale of horror
Russia's shadow army
Allegations that Russian prisoners are being recruited to fight in the Ukraine war
What about China?
And is the war in Ukraine making it rethink its stance on Taiwan?
Nuclear Power Struggle
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been damaged by Russian rockets
Captured by Russia
Life inside a detention centre.
Kept at gunpoint in a nuclear plant
We hear from people in the Ukrainian nuclear plant working in fear for their lives
Frontman on the frontline
From performing with Ed Sheeran to becoming an army paramedic
A Voice from Crimea
What is it like living under Russian rule?
Where is my husband?
Ukrainian wife desperate for news.
‘Putin’s Rasputin’
Who was the real target of a suspected car bomb outside Moscow?
Six Months On
We mark the anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Confessions of a Russian soldier
He says he wants to clear his conscience as he admits to being a war criminal
Gorbachev and Ukraine
He contributed to Ukraine's independence. So why do they not remember him more fondly?
The mysterious death of the Russian oil boss
He fell from a hospital window, the latest in a string of suspicious fatalities
Americast: Mar-a-Legal Trouble
Donald Trump, some top secret documents and the FBI.
The Secret Concert
Punk rock band Gogol Bordello on their secret gig for Ukrainian soldiers
'Worse than Bucha'
A journalist who fled Kherson tells of atrocities in the Russian-occupied city
Ukraine pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
President Zelensky sends message of condolence to Britain's Royal Family
Extra episode: Ukraine Advances
Russian forces withdraw from key eastern towns.
What will Putin do next?
Russian nationalists react to setback in Ukraine
Anastasia’s Story
Anastasia’s hometown has been liberated, but it came too late for her loved ones.
The war crimes investigator
Mass exhumations in newly recaptured territory get under way
Who is still friends with Putin?
Even his closest allies are distancing themselves
Putin issues nuclear threats
President Putin warns he’s not bluffing and orders partial mobilisation
Fleeing the Call Up
Men flee conscription as referendums start in Russian occupied Ukraine
Are the Russian protests growing?
There have been protests in Russia and an officer at a recruitment centre has been shot.
Nord Stream leaks: Sabotage?
The EU says leaks in two gas pipelines from Russia were caused deliberately.
Deconstructing that Putin speech
In a defiant speech, Putin declares four areas of Ukraine as Russian.
Russia makes claims, Ukraine makes gains
What’s happening on the ground in the annexed regions?
Will Russia use nuclear weapons?
We unpick Putin’s warnings that he’s willing to use all means at his disposal
'There may be no tomorrow for my friends'
The war hits home for Ukrainecast host
A history of Ukraine and Russia
How the conflict in Ukraine is rooted in different interpretations of the past
Missile strikes across Ukraine
Putin says strikes are revenge and threatens more attacks
Why are Ukrainian orphans ending up in Russia?
A Russian woman shares her mixed feelings about adopting a child from Ukraine
Russia's Kherson Evacuation
Civilians told to 'save themselves' as Ukrainian forces advance
‘Kamikaze’ drones attack Kyiv
Russia attacks the capital with drones targeting civilian infrastructure
Why is Russia evacuating Kherson?
Tens of thousands of civilians and officials are being moved out of the occupied city
Christiane Amanpour and Lyse Doucet
Why is Iran helping Russia?
Diary of an Occupation
How one man secretly filmed life in Kherson under Russian forces.
Are there any Russian spies left in Europe?
Norway detains a suspected Russian spy - the latest in a long string of arrests
‘Dad, you have five days to get us’
A Ukrainian father’s ordeal to get his children back from Russia
What next for Ukrainian refugees?
Ukraine has asked refugees not to return until spring but can host countries cope?
The great-grandmother attacked in her own home
Liudmyla tells how a soldier raped her and beat her up in her own home.
A mother’s plea to get her teenage son back
The Ukrainian school boy was beaten, detained and threatened
The full horror of Mariupol - a BBC investigation
More civilians were killed in Mariupol than in any other European city since World War 2
Kherson: Russian retreat?
Russia has ordered its military to pull out of the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
Ukraine retakes Kherson
There’s jubilation on Kherson’s streets as Ukrainian soldiers arrive in the city.
What does Kherson mean for Putin?
Is this the beginning of the end of the war?
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.
Who fired the missile into Poland?
Nato says it’s likely the missile that hit Poland was fired by Ukraine in defence.
Released from Russia for a reunion with my 5 year old Ukrainian daughter
Separated, imprisoned and then released, we hear Victoria’s story.
Maidan: Where it all began?
The 2013 Maidan protests that set Ukraine and Moscow on the road to war.
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.
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.
The Kyiv surgeons operating by torchlight
A Ukrainian doctor describes how his team performed heart surgery in a blackout.
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.”
Putin and Biden: Will they talk?
The US President says he’ll meet if Putin sends the right signals.
Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months
We assess military strategies as Russia and Ukraine grapple with freezing temperatures.
Comedy in Kyiv: Laughter brings light to a city at war
Ukraine’s comedians say Putin wins the moment the laughter dies.
The Winter Wonderland in Kyiv with bomb Shelters
Santa's grotto, mulled wine and Mariah Carey: Kyiv keeps Christmas alive
What happens to Russian soldiers who refuse to fight?
A Russian soldier tells us the danger is ‘from our side’ not from Ukraine.
Russia’s high-tech mega-trench
Russia is digging a vast trench, but could Ukrainian forces just go round it?
Stories from pro-Russian Ukrainians
Who are they and what do they want?
Identifying the Ukrainian bodies found in shallow graves
Pathologists are piecing together the identities of bodies buried in a wood near Izyum.
President Zelensky gets a warm welcome in Washington
President Zelensky is to address Congress on his first trip abroad since the war began.
Ukraine’s wartime Christmas
The lights may go out but the Christmas spirit lives on in Ukraine.
Viktoria’s Story: Starting a new life in the UK
After her husband and daughter were killed, Viktoria is staying strong for her baby.
2022: The year war engulfed Ukraine
The Ukrainecast team looks back at 2022 and assesses what 2023 might bring
Russia blames deadly attack on mobile phones
Backlash as Moscow says soldiers’ phones revealed their location
The Church, the Kremlin and the ceasefire that wasn’t
Russia announces a unilateral 36-hour ceasefire - Ukraine calls it cynical propaganda.
The Battle for the City of Bakhmut
Russia set to take Soledar and move on Bakhmut.
Bedtime stories from Ukraine
Connecting families, separated by war, with a night time message