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Putin’s Perspective
We speak to a Russian politician.
No surrender
A commander in Mariupol makes his troops' "last address to the world"
Putin "Liberates" Mariupol
The Russian President orders troops to seal off the port city.
'A horror story'
UN human rights officers in Ukraine document cases of unlawful killing, rape and torture
A tale of two Ukraines
Struggling to resume normality in Kyiv, bracing oneself for fighting in Zaporizhzhia
Can the UN end the war?
The United Nations boss travels to Moscow to discuss peace with Putin
The trauma of war
How Ukrainians are dealing with the mental health impact of the war
Putin's Enemy
We speak to Bill Browder.
Deported to Russia
We hear about the captured Ukrainians.
Escape from Mariupol
Evacuees from the steelworks arrive to safety.
The Cost of Oil
The EU plans a total ban on Russian oil imports.
Disabled orphaned abandoned
Disabled children are being abandoned without proper care.
Preparing for that parade
Why is May 9 so important to Putin?
Putin's parade
Putin tells his troops they are fighting for their motherland
Shot in front of his son
A 15 year old describes seeing Russian soldiers execute his father
What are Russians thinking?
Why are so many of them avoiding “disturbing information” about Ukraine?
Killed on camera
Russian soldiers have been seen shooting dead unarmed civilians.
Captured and in Court
A Russian soldier is put on trial in Ukraine for war crimes
The Children’s Camp
A children’s camp has become the site of torture and executions
Steelworks Survivors
Hundreds of fighters have been evacuated from Mariupol’s steelworks
The War Crimes Trial
Russian soldier pleads guilty
"The Global Food Crisis"
UN says the war could lead to long-term famines.
Rebuilding Bucha
Bucha tries to rebuild after more accounts of atrocities emerge
Convicted War Criminal
Russian soldier jailed for life.
The 4-year-old girl all alone
We hear the story of the four-year-old who escaped Azovstal alone
Zaporizhzhia under attack
Vitaly's home town is struck
The Battle for the Donbas
Fighting is at ‘maximum intensity’
Russian Soldiers Resign
Stories from the front line.
War Crimes: Opposing Perspectives
Russia’s UK ambassador calls footage a ‘fabrication’
Rouble Rumblings
What does Europe’s partial oil ban mean for Russia’s economy?
A boost to Kyiv’s firepower
Ukraine gets long-sought US long-range missile systems
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