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

Russia blames deadly attack on mobile phones

Backlash as Moscow says soldiers’ phones revealed their location

• 34 mins

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

Russia announces a unilateral 36-hour ceasefire - Ukraine calls it cynical propaganda.

• 27 mins

The Battle for the City of Bakhmut

Russia set to take Soledar and move on Bakhmut.

• 30 mins

Bedtime stories from Ukraine

Connecting families, separated by war, with a night time message

• 35 mins

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

The dreams of 20-year-old student Vitalii have been put on hold.

• 32 mins

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

At least sixteen people have been killed, including Ukraine’s interior affairs minister.

• 6 mins

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

A mother’s quest to bring her dead son home

• 28 mins

Why is Russia censoring LGBT-themed TV series?

The Kremlin cracks down.

• 26 mins

The spying game

How Ukraine brought secret intelligence into the open.

• 28 mins

Gearing up for a spring offensive?

As the seasons change, attention turns to what could happen next on the battlefield

• 35 mins

The Ukrainian amputees who want to fight again

A soldier who lost a leg tells us he wants to go back to the frontline as soon as he can.

• 33 mins

Why do so many Russians support the war?

And is Putin a symptom or cause?

• 31 mins

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

Listen to his Westminster speech in full.

• 31 mins

The man in the woods

One man’s attempt to avoid the Russian military machine.

• 30 mins

‘It’s just a casual donkey’

Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra on meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger’s farmyard pet

• 32 mins

Inside a prisoner of war camp for Russians

How the exchange system is played.

• 30 mins

12 Months On: Vlad's Journey to England

From a Russian prison to Pizza Express.

• 29 mins

12 Months On: British Ambassador in Conversation

“It was always going to mean a bit more to me”

• 39 mins

12 Months On: President Putin’s Next Steps?

Ukrainecast comes together with the BBC’s Putin podcast

• 29 mins

12 Months On: Your questions answered

We answer your questions on the war, one year on

• 29 mins

The anniversary

Ukrainians gather for a special broadcast at the BBC Radio Theatre.

• 39 mins

Ukraine’s War Diaries

Lives upended by war.

• 37 mins

The trauma of Ukraine's children

Grief, trauma and poverty are affecting millions of Ukrainian children

• 30 mins

The power of music

Ukrainian musicians find sanctuary at a London academy.

• 31 mins

Mariupol one year on

A year after Mariupol’s maternity hospital was bombed, Russia is rebuilding the city

• 33 mins

Learning the language

Listeners get a lesson in Ukrainian

• 28 mins

Arrest warrant issued for Putin

The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes.

• 34 mins

Putin and Xi talk partnership and peace proposals

Russian and Chinese leaders meet in Moscow as Ukraine war drives deeper relationship

• 30 mins

Ukraine: Will American support hold in 2024?

What would a Ron DeSantis presidency mean for Ukraine?

• 29 mins

Gathering evidence of atrocities

The journalists helping prosecutors build a case for war crimes.

• 32 mins

Russia arrests US journalist

A Wall Street Journal reporter has been accused of spying in Russia.

• 29 mins

Denounced in Russia

Crackdowns, denunciations and imprisonment for opposing the war.

• 30 mins

Elya’s story: A refugee returns home

‘It’s the most times I’ve seen my father cry.’

• 29 mins

What do the Pentagon leaks tell us?

Could the Pentagon leaks derail Ukraine’s counter-offensive?

• 32 mins

Stacey Dooley joins soldiers in training

Stacey Dooley joins Ukrainian civilians being trained by British forces in the UK.

• 34 mins

Counting Russia’s war dead

Civilian recruits make up a third of Russia’s frontline losses

• 33 mins