BBC Radio Podcasts from Ukrainecast

100 Days of Trump: Peacemaker or time-waster?

How the war has changed under his administration

Q&A: Trump's peace plan, Crimea and the latest Kyiv attack

The team answer listener questions in another pivotal week

What happens if the US pulls out of peace talks?

Washington is demanding progress after failed ‘Easter truce’

Life as a BBC bureau chief in Moscow and Kyiv

Kate Peters reflects on 30 years of covering the turbulent region

Viktoria's Story: Three years on

Life after loss, and views on Trump

Your Questions Answered: Witkoff meets Putin, Chinese soldiers and Russia’s economy

The Ukrainecast team answer listener questions on 5Live

Are Chinese soldiers fighting for Putin’s Russia?

President Zelensky says Ukraine has captured two Chinese nationals in Donetsk

Your Questions Answered: Putin's endgame, Ukrainian elections and North Koreans

Ukrainecast and the Global News Podcast answer listener questions

Is Trump losing patience with Putin?

The US president’s former Ukraine envoy shares his thoughts

Your Questions Answered: Trump's next move, Black Sea ceasefire and the Arctic

The Ukrainecast team round off the week by answering listener questions

Russia and Ukraine agree Black Sea Ceasefire

But could it work?

Your Questions Answered: Zelensky's popularity, the UN and how Trump called Putin

The Ukrainecast team answer listener questions on BBC 5 Live

Trump calls Putin

Former Trump Russia adviser Fiona Hill gives her reaction

Your Questions Answered: Putin, Witkoff and ceasefire plans

The Ukrainecast team answer listener questions on the BBC News channel

Putin responds to Trump’s ceasefire plan

Putin says fighting in Ukraine must end, but any plan should lead to "enduring peace"

Ukraine backs ceasefire plan, but will Russia?

The US says 'ball now in Russia's court'

Could Ukraine lose ground in Kursk?

And is this the week the war changes?

Your Questions Answered: Trump, Europe and Peace

The Ukrainecast team join the Global News Podcast to answer listener questions.

Can Ukraine survive without US military aid?

And Zelensky says he’s ready to work under Trump’s ‘strong leadership’

Is a truce between Ukraine and Russia possible?

President Macron proposes one-month ceasefire.

Trump and Zelensky clash in the Oval Office

The Ukrainian president leaves White House after angry meeting

Starmer meets Trump in Washington

UK Prime Minister meets Trump at the White House

Starmer boosts defence spending: Will it impress Trump and help Ukraine?

The PM says a "dangerous new era" is behind his decision

Three Years On: Decision makers reflect

A senior US diplomat and UK politician look back on the third anniversary

Three Years On: Is peace possible?

Ukrainians reflect on three years of full-scale war

Your Questions Answered: Trump, Putin and minerals

The Ukrainecast team answer listener questions on BBC Radio 5 Live

The Ukraine War: How Far Away Is A Peace Deal?

Newscast x Americast x Ukrainecast

Trump calls Zelensky a “dictator”

And Victoria interviews Russia’s ambassador to the UK

US-Russia talks: How pleased is Putin?

Rubio and Lavrov meet in Saudi Arabia for first talks in years

Could Europe send troops to Ukraine?

European leaders meet in Paris for an emergency summit

Zelensky meets Vance: What next for Ukraine?

The Ukrainian president and the US vice-president hold meeting in Munich

How are Ukrainians reacting to Trump’s peace talk plans?

The country comes to terms with the US president’s negotiations announcement

Trump calls Putin AND Zelensky to begin talks

The US president says negotiations to begin 'immediately'

Trump: Ukraine “may be Russian some day”

Is the Trump administration gearing up for talks on Ukraine?

What’s life like on Ukraine’s frontline?

A day in the life of a soldier who drops bombs using drones

How could Trump end the war?

A former Trump aide on how peace might be achieved

What does Donald Trump’s return mean for Ukraine?

Victoria, Vitaly and James discuss Trump 2.0, Zelensky, Putin and prospects for peace

President Trump Is Back

Newscast, Americast, Ukrainecast and The Global Story dissect Trump's speech

The Ukrainian fighting North Koreans in Russia

One soldier’s account of North Korean soldiers, Kursk and Trump

Dmytro Kuleba on… understanding Trump and working for Zelensky

Ukraine’s former foreign minister discusses the prospects for peace

Recipes of resistance

Victoria and James tuck into some traditional Ukrainian Christmas dishes

How are Ukrainians celebrating Christmas in wartime?

Two Ukrainecast regulars get together in Kyiv

Stephen Fry reads a Ukrainian Christmas story

The actor, writer and broadcaster reads ‘Miracle in the Darkness’

Ukraine kills Russian general: How will Moscow respond?

Sources in Kyiv say Ukraine killed Igor Kirillov

2025: A decisive year for Ukraine?

A panel of Ukrainecast experts look ahead to next year

Bill Browder: Putin's “number one enemy”

The man behind the Magnitsky Act on Trump, hybrid warfare and fighting the Kremlin

Can Trump negotiate with Putin?

Trump’s former man in Moscow on Putin and the prospects for peace

How serious are Putin's nuclear threats?

Your questions answered on ATACMS, land mines and the risk of escalation

1000 Days of War

Three Ukrainians on how their lives have changed and their hopes for peace

Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with American long-range missiles

But why now? And what could this mean?

Jens Stoltenberg on... Trump, Putin and nuclear war

The outgoing Nato secretary general on the risk of escalation

Coming up on Ukrainecast

We'll have a special episode with you tomorrow (Wednesday)... Stay tuned!

Mike Pompeo revisited: How could Trump end the war in 24 hours?

The former secretary of state on his old boss, and US support.

Trump 2.0: What does it mean for Ukraine?

He said he could solve the war ‘in 24 hours’ but can he deliver?

Bob Woodward on... Trump, Harris and the future of democracy

The Watergate journalist on what the US election might mean for Ukraine

Dodging the draft: Ukraine’s struggle for soldiers

How serious is Ukraine’s recruitment crisis?

North Koreans in Russia: How dangerous is the world right now?

The ex-British army chief on why peace with Russia is not possible

Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins… Debunking Russian myths

And are North Koreans being sent to Russia’s frontline?

Is the West out of touch with the reality of the war?

Q&A on the West’s support, European elections and recruiting soldiers

How can peace be achieved in Ukraine?

Are negotiations between Russia and Ukraine possible?

Putin's war economy: Are Russians feeling the pinch?

Moscow plans to boost its defence spending by 25 per cent

US elections: no good choices for Ukraine

Ambassador John Bolton on why neither Harris nor Trump will give Ukraine what it needs

Is Trump toughening his stance on Ukraine?

The former US president meets Zelensky despite row

Can President Zelensky sell his ‘victory plan’ to the Americans?

The Ukrainian President is on a diplomatic mission in the US

Is Ukraine facing a mental health crisis?

The mental scars of both Ukrainian civilians and those on the frontline

Inside the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War

Sasha Skochilenko on supermarket protests, life behind Russian bars and freedom

Could the West cross Putin's new red line?

Former CIA director David Petraeus on long-range weapons

What could Trump vs Harris mean for a Ukraine peace deal?

Q&A on the US election, Pokrovsk and guerrilla warfare

Ben Wallace on... How Ukraine can win

The former UK defence secretary on why he thinks Russia can be defeated

Russia strikes Poltava: "A barbaric attack"

At least 47 dead in missile attack on the Ukrainian city

Ukraine's Incursion: Is this a winning strategy?

Russia makes advances in the east despite the Kursk offensive

Russia hammers Ukraine's infrastructure

Three weeks on from Ukraine’s incursion, is this Russia’s retaliation?

Stephen Fry: The mental scars of Ukraine's war

How is the war in Ukraine impacting the country’s mental health?

Ukraine's Incursion: The view from Ukraine

How vulnerable has the Ukrainian advance left them?

Ukraine’s Incursion: What’s life like in Kursk?

And your questions answered on Ukraine’s cross-border offensive.

Ukraine's Incursion: The view from Russia

How has the shock cross-border offensive gone down in Russia?

Why have Ukrainian forces entered Russia?

Does Ukraine’s cross-border offensive mark a new chapter in the conflict?

Q&A with war correspondent Luke Harding

Seasoned Guardian reporter gives his take on the past, present and future of the war

Biggest Prisoner Swap since the Cold War

24 prisoners exchanged between Russia and the West

How much do Ukrainians want a peace deal?

Two Ukrainians on the price of a possible peace deal with Russia

The Americans behind Russian bars

One man’s plight to free his wife from Russian incarceration

Ukraine’s Olympians: Going for gold as war rages

The athletes representing Ukraine in Paris and the row over Russia

The President Zelensky Interview

The Ukrainian leader's conversation with the BBC’s Chris Mason in full.

Could Ukraine be losing support from the West?

And what’s it like to interview President Zelensky?

Is China helping Russia fight Ukraine?

Assessing Beijing’s role in the conflict

What did the Nato summit achieve?

Will the pledges made to Ukraine make a difference?

Could Nato survive a Trump presidency?

The military alliance meets in Washington with Ukraine high on the agenda.

Children's hospital hit: Dozens dead in strikes across Ukraine

At least 36 dead in ‘one of the worst' attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion

Q&A: How are global elections impacting Ukraine?

What do the elections around the world mean for Ukraine?

Serhiy's story: How Russia silenced a young man's voice

Ukrainian student arrested in Russia for anti-war posts

Lidiia's story: The 98-year-old who fled from Russian occupation in her slippers

We hear how she walked 10km through the fighting to reach safety.

The Trial Of Evan Gershkovich

The American journalist has been charged with spying and held in a Russian jail

Q&A: What does the Russia-North Korea deal mean for Ukraine?

Former Nato Deputy Commander for Europe answers your questions

Putin heads to North Korea

What will Putin’s meeting with Kim Jong Un mean for Ukraine?

What are Putin's ceasefire terms?

Ukraine rejects Russia’s proposal ahead of Swiss peace talks

Iryna and Volodymyr's story: Having a baby in wartime

The challenges of childbirth and parenthood for a young couple in Kyiv

Q&A: What can we expect from the Ukraine Peace Summit?

The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg and Jeremy Bowen answer your questions

Maksym's Story: Growing up on the frontline

One young soldier’s coming of age tale from the battlefield

Q&A with Fiona Hill: Where are the weapons Ukraine says it needs to fight Russia?

The former presidential adviser answers questions sent in by listeners

Kharkiv’s Metro School: Learning Underground

A student and teacher give their take on subway schooling

Arsenii and Yulia's story: Life after Azovstal

A husband and wife’s tale of imprisonment, torture and their campaign to free POWs

Q&A: Is Ukraine still happy with President Zelensky?

Your questions answered on elections, Mike Pompeo and how the war could end

Mike Pompeo: How could Trump end the war in 24 hours?

The former secretary of state on his old boss, and US support.

Russia attacks Kharkiv: The new frontline?

And why has President Putin removed his defence minister?

Eurovision: How important is it to Ukraine?

What does the competition mean for Ukrainians?

Why is Victory Day such a big deal in Russia?

Putin renews oath for fifth term as Russia prepares for 9 May military parade

Q&A: 800 days, what is the price for peace?

Your questions answered on where the war is heading after 800 days of conflict

The mayor of Bakhmut: a town that no longer exists

Ukraine's longest-serving official on death, exile and Vladimir Putin

Q&A: Is the US's $61bn aid package enough?

Your questions answered on the US aid deal for Ukraine.

From the frontline: How can US aid change the war?

A soldier and civilian discuss the $61 billion military package to Ukraine

Q&A: How many Russian soldiers have died?

Ukrainecast answers your questions on the conflict

A tale of two soldiers: Can Ukraine actually win?

Frontline fighters on Russia’s threat and prospects for peace

Q&A: How can Ukraine grow its army?

Your questions answered on David Cameron, boosting troops and US aid

Could Russia take Kharkiv?

Why is Russia targeting Ukraine’s second city?

The David Cameron Interview

The British Foreign Secretary speaks exclusively to Ukrainecast.

Is Russia waging a “holy war”?

What role does religion play in the Ukraine war?

Moscow Attack: How could it Impact the War?

Russia blames the West and Kyiv for Friday’s massacre

A million without power: Ukraine's blackout

A wave of Russian strikes hammer Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Could drones change the course of the war?

What a recent spike in drone attacks means for the future of the conflict

Russian Election: Putin’s Predictable Landslide

Vladimir Putin claims fifth term as president

Russian Elections: Your questions answered

Our experts answer questions on President Putin’s elections

Would Putin push the nuclear button?

How seriously should we take Putin’s nuclear weapons threats?

Fiona Hill: Working for Trump, Dining with Putin

Former Trump adviser Fiona Hill on how the war is going

The Economic War: How Hard Are Sanctions Hitting Russia?

Despite sanctions, Russia’s economy is thriving - but can it last?

Navalny’s Funeral: Is protest dead in Putin’s Russia?

Alexei Navalny is buried in Moscow as crowds chant anti-Putin slogans

What’s happening on the front-line?

How significant are Russia’s recent gains on the battlefront?

Two Years On: The Global Story

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third year

Two Years On: Life after the front-line

How one soldier is rebuilding his life after catastrophic injuries on the front-line

Two Years On: Your Questions Answered

BBC correspondents answer your questions on the conflict

Two Years On: How will America help Ukraine?

The US Ambassador to the UN on what America is doing to help Ukraine

Two Years On: What can the UN do?

The Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN on power, peace and Putin

Two Years On: Banned from challenging Putin

Boris Nadezhdin on why he was barred from standing against President Putin.

Oscar Winner '20 Days in Mariupol' Revisited

Director Mstyslav Chernov on how his film was made

Alexei Navalny: Putin’s Rival Reported Dead

Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny was President Putin’s main rival.

Where's my mum? Sashko’s search

Sasha was separated from his mum by Russian troops in Mariupol.

Putin's Interview With Tucker Carlson: What We Learned

BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg gives his take.

Crimea: Ten years under Russian control

What’s life like in Russian controlled Crimea?

How do young people feel about being called up to fight?

Some young men fear they will be forced to join the Ukrainian army

How has the war changed the world?

New documentary follows key decision makers in the first year of the invasion

Russian defectors: How to escape the military

How a Ukrainian hotline is helping Russian soldiers defect

Extra episode: Russian plane crash

Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down a military plane carrying Ukrainian PoWs

Blasts in Ukraine and Russia: What do we know?

Dozens of people are dead after missile attacks in both countries.

Conscription crackdown: Ukraine gets tougher

Ukraine attempts to tighten conscription eligibility in a bid to recruit new soldiers

Lyudmila’s story: Life in the notorious Izolyatsia Prison

Imprisoned and tortured, Lyudmila reveals how she survived in a Russia-controlled prison

Sunak visits Zelensky in Kyiv

UK announces £2.5bn of military aid to Ukraine

Bombs Over Belgorod

What’s it like living in the Russian city under attack?

Captured, imprisoned, tortured: Anna’s story

Anna, a Ukrainian army medic, was held by the Russian army for 190 days

Grim New Year: Russia and Ukraine Attack

An update on the major aerial assaults by both sides.

What could 2024 hold for Ukraine?

BBC correspondents from around the world look ahead to Ukraine’s challenges in 2024

Feeding Ukraine’s army over the festive season

What do soldiers eat over the festive season?

Christmas special: Ukrainian bedtime stories

How bedtime stories are helping Ukrainian children with families on the front-line

Ukrainian Christmas Carols: A Ukrainecast special

The Royal Opera House Songs for Ukraine Chorus perform for Ukrainecast

BBC investigation: Russian soldiers treated like ‘meat’

How Russian soldiers are being sent to the frontline and treated as cannon fodder

The Vladimir Putin Phone-In

The Russian president doubles down on his ‘special military op’ in Ukraine

Zelensky's battles: At home and abroad

President Zelensky travels to the US to shore up funds and support

The Missing Mariupol Defenders: When will he come home?

Captured 550 days ago, when will the Azov fighters return home?

Is Russia breaking the rules of war?

Russia is accused of killing unarmed Ukrainian soldiers

The Disinformation War: How Does the BBC Spot Fake News?

How do you verify a drone attack?

How Will Winter Impact The War?

Who has the advantage as bad weather sweeps the region?

Why did Putin pardon a cannibal?

As President Putin pardons a cannibal, Sonya’s girlfriend is jailed for seven years

Mariupol: Siege and occupation

What’s life like inside the Russian-occupied city?

The Ukrainians dodging the draft

Thousands of men have fled Ukraine to avoid conscription

Who Sabotaged the Nord Stream Pipeline?

Investigation links Ukrainian military officer to pipeline explosion.

The teenager who fled Kharkiv

How one 17-year-old fled the war to study in the UK

Has the counter-offensive failed?

President Zelensky denies his country’s efforts are faltering

Ukraine’s Landmines: Your Questions Answered

How serious a threat are landmines to Ukraine?

Antisemitic Attacks in Russia: A problem for Putin?

What the antisemitic violence in Dagestan means for the Kremlin

The New Wagner Mercenary Group?

Is private military group Redut taking the place of Wagner?

Ukraine’s ‘stolen’ children: A mother's search for her son

What’s happening with Ukraine’s missing children?

The ‘Poisoned’ Russian Reporter

An exiled journalist’s tale of pain and love of Russia

Is a new battlefront emerging in Ukraine?

What winter and new weaponry means for the war

Hanna’s story: Triplets born on day one of the war

One woman’s tale of adversity, bravery and hope.

What the Israel-Gaza conflict means for Ukraine

Could Russia use conflict in the Middle East to its advantage?

Ukrainecast in Poland

Vitaly is on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

Extra episode: One of the deadliest attacks of the war

At least 51 dead.

What’s it like to be sentenced to death?

British prisoner Shaun Pinner on life in Russian detention

Evan Gershkovich: Six Months Behind Bars

Will the US journalist ever be freed from Russia?

Why is Crimea so important?

Is Ukraine getting ready to retake the peninsula?

Natalia’s Story: Learning to Walk Again

One woman’s tale of loss and hope

How to report on a war

Three seasoned correspondents on the challenges of covering prolonged conflicts

Ukraine attacks in Crimea

Is Ukraine stepping up attacks in Russian occupied areas?

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un to meet

Will Russia and North Korea become close allies?

Has Russia Moved on from Wagner?

The BBC’s Russia Editor answers your questions.

Is the F-16 Jet a Game-Changer?

A seasoned US fighter pilot’s take on the coveted war planes.

Ukraine’s counter-offensive: has it made progress?

Sharp analysis of whether Kyiv has made any meaningful gains

Back to School

What is it like in the classroom during wartime?

Prigozhin Plane Crash: What Next for Putin?

Does the Wagner chief’s reported death strengthen the Russian president?

Prigozhin Presumed Dead

The Wagner chief is presumed dead after plane crash

The Midwife in the Bomb Shelter

One woman’s story of helping to deliver 136 babies in 42 days from a warzone.

Who is Winning the Drone War?

Why drones are so important in the war for both Ukraine and Russia.

Viktoria’s Story: Adjusting to UK Life

Eight months in the country after losing her husband and daughter.

Brutally Beaten in Chechnya

How one Russian reporter is risking her life for journalism.

The Russian Fighting For Ukraine

Why one man says he’s turned his back on Moscow to fight with Ukraine.

Two families torn apart by war

Why going back home to Ukraine is so heart breaking.

Moscow Under Attack

One woman's story of life in the Russian capital.

Aiden Aslin: Life after a Death Sentence

The British prisoner on life under Russian detention

Odesa: A Week of Missile Strikes

Why is Russia targeting the historic port city?

Black Sea Ports Under Attack

Will the collapse of the grain deal and attack on supplies affect food security?

What happened on the Crimean bridge?

How much damage has been done to the Kerch bridge and by whom?

Should Ukraine be more grateful for Western weapons?

UK and US call for more gratitude from Ukraine in return for military aid

Nato's Ukraine Dilemma

What to expect from this week’s Nato summit.

Graduation day

On the eve of the 500th day of war, student Vitalii marks a more celebratory occasion

The Ukraine Dam Disaster: Four Weeks On

Assessing the damage caused by the Kherson floods.

Which warlord will Putin turn to next?

And is Wagner setting up a camp in Belarus?

Putin and Prigozhin: Your Questions Answered

How strong is Putin’s hold on Russia in the wake of the failed Wagner rebellion?

Extra episode: What will Putin do next?

What next for the Kremlin after a mutinous weekend?

Extra episode: Is Russia on the verge of a coup?

President Putin decries "treason" after a dramatic challenge by the Wagner mercenaries.

How far might Russia go to win in Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin scales up his rhetoric over his use of nuclear weapons

Who’s winning the counter-offensive?

Clearing the fog of war on the Ukrainian frontline

Mariupol prisoners of war on trial

A fiancée of an Azov fighter on the torturous conditions prisoners face in Russian jails

Inside Ukraine's retaken village

We hear from one of the communities liberated in Ukraine's counter-offensive.

Surviving the Kakhovka floods

Tales of resilience and rescue on the banks of the Dnipro river.

Kherson floods: thousands evacuated

Day two of the floods after massive dam break

Kakhovka dam disaster

Thousands flee floods as Ukraine and Russia blame each other for dam break

Has the counter-offensive begun?

Russia says it’s thwarted a major Ukrainian attack.

Life as a mum in a war zone

To stay or to go - the tough decisions facing a mum with three young children in Kyiv.

Drones attack Moscow and Kyiv

What today’s strikes on Russia and Ukraine mean for the war.

Dnipro hospital destroyed in Russian attack

A missile strike on a medical centre in Dnipro has killed at least two people.

What’s really going on in Belgorod?

Insurgents have crossed the border from Ukraine to launch attacks inside Russia

Spies Next Door

Heroes or traitors? How the CIA is trying to persuade ordinary Russians to share secrets.

Ukraine repels hypersonic missile barrage

Ukraine’s defences have shot down so-called ‘unstoppable’ missiles over Kyiv

Extra episode: President Zelensky makes surprise visit to UK

Ukraine’s President meets UK’s PM Sunak for talks on more military support

Why the world needs to understand Russia

What do the Russian people really think about the war?

Moscow’s slimmed-down Victory Day

Putin says the world is at a "turning point” during Russia’s Victory Day parade.

Countdown to Eurovision with Ukraine's TVORCHI

Can Ukraine get another Eurovision winner?

Zelensky denies ordering Kremlin drone strike on Putin

Moscow claims Kremlin drones were attempt by Kyiv to kill President Putin.

Liverpool and Kyiv unite for Eurovision rave

Clubs in Liverpool and Kyiv link up for a rave to celebrate the Eurovision song contest

Russian missiles kill at least 25 in Ukraine

A three-year-old girl and her mum die in Russia’s latest missile strikes.

Chernobyl Remembered

How did Russia respond to the world’s worst nuclear accident?

Is the Ukraine war killing dolphins?

Explosions and sonar could be harming marine life in the Black Sea.

Counting Russia’s war dead

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

Stacey Dooley joins soldiers in training

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

What do the Pentagon leaks tell us?

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

Elya’s story: A refugee returns home

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

Denounced in Russia

Crackdowns, denunciations and imprisonment for opposing the war.

Russia arrests US journalist

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

Gathering evidence of atrocities

The journalists helping prosecutors build a case for war crimes.

Ukraine: Will American support hold in 2024?

What would a Ron DeSantis presidency mean for Ukraine?

Putin and Xi talk partnership and peace proposals

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

Arrest warrant issued for Putin

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

Learning the language

Listeners get a lesson in Ukrainian

Mariupol one year on

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

The power of music

Ukrainian musicians find sanctuary at a London academy.

The trauma of Ukraine's children

Grief, trauma and poverty are affecting millions of Ukrainian children

Ukraine’s War Diaries

Lives upended by war.

The anniversary

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

12 Months On: Your questions answered

We answer your questions on the war, one year on

12 Months On: President Putin’s Next Steps?

Ukrainecast comes together with the BBC’s Putin podcast

12 Months On: British Ambassador in Conversation

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

12 Months On: Vlad's Journey to England

From a Russian prison to Pizza Express.

Inside a prisoner of war camp for Russians

How the exchange system is played.

‘It’s just a casual donkey’

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

The man in the woods

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

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

Listen to his Westminster speech in full.

Why do so many Russians support the war?

And is Putin a symptom or cause?

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.

Gearing up for a spring offensive?

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

The spying game

How Ukraine brought secret intelligence into the open.

Why is Russia censoring LGBT-themed TV series?

The Kremlin cracks down.

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

A mother’s quest to bring her dead son home

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

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

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

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

Bedtime stories from Ukraine

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

The Battle for the City of Bakhmut

Russia set to take Soledar and move on Bakhmut.

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

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

Russia blames deadly attack on mobile phones

Backlash as Moscow says soldiers’ phones revealed their location

2022: The year war engulfed Ukraine

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

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

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

Ukraine’s wartime Christmas

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

President Zelensky gets a warm welcome in Washington

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

Identifying the Ukrainian bodies found in shallow graves

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

Stories from pro-Russian Ukrainians

Who are they and what do they want?

Russia’s high-tech mega-trench

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

What happens to Russian soldiers who refuse to fight?

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

The Winter Wonderland in Kyiv with bomb Shelters

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

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

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

Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months

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

Putin and Biden: Will they talk?

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

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.”

The Kyiv surgeons operating by torchlight

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

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 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.

Maidan: Where it all began?

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

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

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

Who fired the missile into Poland?

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

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.

What does Kherson mean for Putin?

Is this the beginning of the end of the war?

Ukraine retakes Kherson

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

Kherson: Russian retreat?

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

The full horror of Mariupol - a BBC investigation

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

A mother’s plea to get her teenage son back

The Ukrainian school boy was beaten, detained and threatened

The great-grandmother attacked in her own home

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

What next for Ukrainian refugees?

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

‘Dad, you have five days to get us’

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

Are there any Russian spies left in Europe?

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

Diary of an Occupation

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

Christiane Amanpour and Lyse Doucet

Why is Iran helping Russia?

Why is Russia evacuating Kherson?

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

‘Kamikaze’ drones attack Kyiv

Russia attacks the capital with drones targeting civilian infrastructure

Russia's Kherson Evacuation

Civilians told to 'save themselves' as Ukrainian forces advance

Why are Ukrainian orphans ending up in Russia?

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

Missile strikes across Ukraine

Putin says strikes are revenge and threatens more attacks

A history of Ukraine and Russia

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

'There may be no tomorrow for my friends'

The war hits home for Ukrainecast host

Will Russia use nuclear weapons?

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

Russia makes claims, Ukraine makes gains

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

Deconstructing that Putin speech

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

Nord Stream leaks: Sabotage?

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

Are the Russian protests growing?

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

Fleeing the Call Up

Men flee conscription as referendums start in Russian occupied Ukraine

Putin issues nuclear threats

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

Who is still friends with Putin?

Even his closest allies are distancing themselves

The war crimes investigator

Mass exhumations in newly recaptured territory get under way

Anastasia’s Story

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

What will Putin do next?

Russian nationalists react to setback in Ukraine

Extra episode: Ukraine Advances

Russian forces withdraw from key eastern towns.

Ukraine pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

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

'Worse than Bucha'

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

The Secret Concert

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

Americast: Mar-a-Legal Trouble

Donald Trump, some top secret documents and the FBI.

The mysterious death of the Russian oil boss

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

Gorbachev and Ukraine

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

Confessions of a Russian soldier

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

Six Months On

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

‘Putin’s Rasputin’

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

Where is my husband?

Ukrainian wife desperate for news.

A Voice from Crimea

What is it like living under Russian rule?

Frontman on the frontline

From performing with Ed Sheeran to becoming an army paramedic

Kept at gunpoint in a nuclear plant

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

Captured by Russia

Life inside a detention centre.

Nuclear Power Struggle

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

What about China?

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

Russia's shadow army

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

Father and Son reunited

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

Why hasn’t Russia banned YouTube?

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

The interview with Ukraine's First Lady

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

Locked away in Ukraine's orphanages

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

The Russian charm offensive in Africa

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

A deal for Ukrainian grain

The grain deal should help alleviate global food crisis

Russia, Iran and Turkey

The Russian president meets leaders of Iran and Turkey.

The Russian Millionaire Driving Medicine to Ukraine

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

Sexual Violence: A Weapon Of War

Running a hotline for victims of abuse.

Defending those who refuse to fight

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

Jailed for Speaking Out

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

Taira’s story

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

The Snake Island medic

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

Russia seizes key city

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

The missing mayor

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

Ukraine's IT army

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

The shopping mall

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

The Resistance

Ukrainian opposition and the manual on how to mount an insurgency

The forgotten POW

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

Rescue mission

Driving into a war zone on a rescue mission

The Lavrov interview

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in rare interview with BBC

The 19-year-old soldier

His commander died saving his life

Viktoria's story

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

Life in a Russian prison

The Kremlin defends the death sentences for three captured soldiers.

Sentenced to death

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

The woman in a red coat

Her body remained in the street for four weeks

‘Dead Cities’

Why some Ukrainians choose to flee whilst others stay

Missiles Return to Kyiv

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

100 Days

We take you through 100 days of war

A boost to Kyiv’s firepower

Ukraine gets long-sought US long-range missile systems

Rouble Rumblings

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

War Crimes: Opposing Perspectives

Russia’s UK ambassador calls footage a ‘fabrication’

Russian Soldiers Resign

Stories from the front line.

The Battle for the Donbas

Fighting is at ‘maximum intensity’

Zaporizhzhia under attack

Vitaly's home town is struck

The 4-year-old girl all alone

We hear the story of the four-year-old who escaped Azovstal alone

Convicted War Criminal

Russian soldier jailed for life.

Rebuilding Bucha

Bucha tries to rebuild after more accounts of atrocities emerge

"The Global Food Crisis"

UN says the war could lead to long-term famines.

The War Crimes Trial

Russian soldier pleads guilty

Steelworks Survivors

Hundreds of fighters have been evacuated from Mariupol’s steelworks

The Children’s Camp

A children’s camp has become the site of torture and executions

Captured and in Court

A Russian soldier is put on trial in Ukraine for war crimes

Killed on camera

Russian soldiers have been seen shooting dead unarmed civilians.

What are Russians thinking?

Why are so many of them avoiding “disturbing information” about Ukraine?

Shot in front of his son

A 15 year old describes seeing Russian soldiers execute his father

Putin's parade

Putin tells his troops they are fighting for their motherland

Preparing for that parade

Why is May 9 so important to Putin?

Disabled orphaned abandoned

Disabled children are being abandoned without proper care.

The Cost of Oil

The EU plans a total ban on Russian oil imports.

Escape from Mariupol

Evacuees from the steelworks arrive to safety.

Deported to Russia

We hear about the captured Ukrainians.

Putin's Enemy

We speak to Bill Browder.

The trauma of war

How Ukrainians are dealing with the mental health impact of the war

Can the UN end the war?

The United Nations boss travels to Moscow to discuss peace with Putin

A tale of two Ukraines

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

'A horror story'

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

Putin "Liberates" Mariupol

The Russian President orders troops to seal off the port city.

No surrender

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

Putin’s Perspective

We speak to a Russian politician.

A Listener to the Rescue

Travelling 2000 miles from Poland to the UK.

Zelensky on the BBC

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

The fugitive

Ukraine says it has arrested one of Putin’s allies

The Mayor of Bucha

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

Russia's New Commander

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

The Station

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

Cold-calling Russia

Volunteers call random Russians to discuss the war

Road block 15

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

Verifying Violence

How do we know which images are real?

Horror in Bucha

Unarmed civilians massacred near Kyiv.

Bodies on the Highway

Grim signs of potential war crimes on the road to Kyiv.

Russia's Threat to Stop Gas Supplies

Putin says the West must pay for their energy with Russian currency.

Peace Talk Problems

Russia plays down hopes of a breakthrough.

Peace Talk Promises

Russia pledges to reduce attacks near Ukraine’s capital.

Hussain: Escape from Kherson

Hussain tells us how he got his family out of a Russian-controlled area to freedom

Women and Children

And some good news from Hussain...

What next?

One month since war broke out...

Ukrainecast + Global News Podcast (Part 2)

We answer more of your questions about Ukraine.

Cyber Threat

Could Russia escalate its invisible war?

Roman's story

We hear from a man who helps people escape from Mariupol

Families at War

Negotiating the conflict over the phone.

'War criminal'

Joe Biden heightens diplomatic tensions

Zelensky’s plea to Congress

Ukraine’s president invokes 9/11 in a historic address to the US Congress

Curfew in Kyiv

A ‘difficult and dangerous moment’ for the capital.

Mariupol

The city of Mariupol is cut off from the outside world after days of continuous shelling

Approaching Kyiv

Russian troops are reported to be just 25km from Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv

Escalation warning

Russia widens its attacks.

The Info War

Fact vs. propaganda.

Hospital attacked

A maternity ward and children’s ward in Mariupol have been destroyed, officials there say

Ukrainecast + Global News Podcast

We link up with the BBC World Service.

Escaping Ukraine

Civilians from besieged cities risk their lives as they try to flee

10 days that changed the world

The conflict in Ukraine is a reckoning for the West.

'A new Chechnya'

Shells continue to rain as the scale and intensity of the invasion become clear.

Ports under siege

Russia captures a key coastal city.

Cities under fire

The key cities of Kherson, Kharkiv and Mariupol have come under intense attack

The convoy advances

Dread in Kyiv as Russian convoy approaches

What is Putin thinking?

As more lives are lost in Ukraine, increasing sanctions are affecting the Russian people

Nuclear Reaction

Putin moves Russia's nuclear forces to "special alert”.

The Resistance

Ukrainians, from Kyiv to the UK, answer calls to defend their country.

The Battle for Kyiv

Ukraine government gives out guns as Russian forces approach.

Russia attacks

... and Ukraine vows to fight back.