Episodes 506
Avg. Duration 29m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.7 (368)
Since Feb 2022
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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The BBC’s only English language programme entirely dedicated to the war in Ukraine and its fallout, Ukrainecast is your go-to podcast which investigates the biggest issues around the conflict: Could Putin push the nuclear button? How could Donald Trump end the war in 24 hours? What is the price for peace? The podcast is hosted by Newsnight presenter Victoria Derbyshire and BBC Monitoring’s Vitaly Shevchenko. Ukrainecast covers the most important topics around the conflict and speaks to the real people who’ve lived through several years of war. It also brings you agenda-setting interviews with special guests each week such as UK foreign secretary David Cameron, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and pre-eminent Russia expert Fiona Hill.

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Recent Episodes

A Moscow car bomb and Putin’s telethon

Dec 23, 2025 32m

There’s lots of news from Moscow where a Russian general died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under his car was detonated.He is the third military official to be killed in such an…

Q&A: Is this Europe’s last chance to bankroll Ukraine?

Dec 18, 2025 26m

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that his army will struggle to fight on effectively if a crunch European summit ends without a solution to an imminent deficit in Kyiv's finances.…

Will Russia accept US-Ukraine peace proposals?

Dec 16, 2025 28m

Volodymyr Zelensky has been in Berlin discussing peace proposals with the US, and he says they will be ready to present to Russia ‘within days’.Today, he addressed European leaders The Netherlands'…

Q&A: Could Ukraine hold wartime elections?

Dec 11, 2025 27m

After a week in which Donald Trump called European leaders "weak" and questioned Ukraine's commitment to democracy, we look at whether his views are becoming more aligned with the Kremlin's. And as…

What does the new US security strategy mean for Ukraine?

Dec 09, 2025 29m

The newly published US ‘National Security Strategy’ is being seen by some as further evidence that in the era of Trump western nations are no longer united in the way they view the world. From its…

Q&A: Zelensky is afraid, Russian billionaires and Europe’s strongest army

Dec 04, 2025 27m

Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of attempting to stall peace talks this week, after Kremlin discussions with US diplomats ended without significant progress. The Ukrainian president said Moscow is…

Zelensky has lost his right-hand man, what now?

Dec 02, 2025 24m

On Friday, Ukrainians woke up to the news that the home of presidential chief of staff and top peace negotiator, Andriy Yermak, was being searched by anti-corruption authorities. Although they didn’t…

Q&A: How credible is the US peace plan?

Nov 27, 2025 30m

The question on everyone’s minds this week is whether the war in Ukraine is any closer to coming to an end. We’ve dedicated the entire Q&A today to the US-brokered peace plan and the details that…

Could a peace deal be close?

Nov 25, 2025 32m

Ukraine has given its support to a peace deal following talks with the United States in Geneva, but some of the most sensitive issues are still to be discussed between the countries' presidents, a…

What's in the leaked US-Russia peace plan?

Nov 21, 2025 17m

Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine faces "a very difficult choice" amid reports of American pressure to accept a leaked peace deal apparently drawn up by the US and Russia. Europe is also thought to…

Explaining Ukraine to children: A special episode with Newsround

Nov 20, 2025 37m

What do kids want to know about the war in Ukraine? On this special edition of Ukrainecast, we’re teaming up with Newsround (the BBC's children's news programme) to find out. To mark World Children’s…

Bake Off’s Nataliia on leaving Ukraine, and family living under occupation

Nov 18, 2025 24m

Nataliia Richardson won the hearts of viewers on this year's edition of the Great British Bake Off. Now, the fan-favourite is in the Ukrainecast studio to discuss starring on the show. She also talks…

Q&A: Corruption Scandal, AI Surrender Videos, and the International Space Station

Nov 13, 2025 28m

Ukraine has been rocked by a major corruption scandal surrounding the country's energy sector, amidst ongoing Russian attacks on electricity infrastructure. An alleged $100m scheme, involving money…

Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina on Russian prisons and living in exile

Nov 11, 2025 38m

Maria Alyokhina, founding member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, joins Vitaly in the Ukrainecast studio to talk about her experience in detention and her escape from the country disguised as a…

Q&A: Russia advances on Pokrovsk, Ukraine digs in, and sanctions start to bite

Nov 06, 2025 26m

While Russia makes advances on the strategic city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Western sanctions on Russian oil have begun to impact how some countries source their energy. And as Ukraine…

Serving on the frontline as a teenager

Nov 04, 2025 32m

Sophia Yanchevska is a nineteen-year-old combat medic working on the frontline in Ukraine. She has been speaking to Lucy about seeing the war close up, the friends she has lost, and her hopes for the…

Q&A: Frozen assets, the Baltic Sea, and a fresh ceasefire push

Oct 30, 2025 25m

After an EU decision to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine was postponed until December, discussion among European leaders returned to plans for a ceasefire this week. And the latest example of…

How dangerous is Russia’s nuclear powered missile?

Oct 28, 2025 29m

This week, Moscow's top general has claimed that Russia has tested a low-flying experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile. It is said to be powered by a nuclear reactor and is capable of carrying a…

Q&A: Trump's sanctions, Putin's nuclear drills, and Zelensky's poll ratings

Oct 23, 2025 29m

In the last week, Volodymyr Zelensky failed to secure long-range Tomahawk missiles from Donald Trump during a reportendly heated meeting. Then, a planned summit in Budapest between the US and Russian…

What really happened in the Trump-Zelensky meeting?

Oct 21, 2025 36m

Despite suggestions of an agreement on the supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles, President Zelensky went back to Kyiv empty handed after his meeting with Donald Trump on Friday.So what happened?…

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