After all the meetings in Moscow, Istanbul, Anchorage and Washington we get this. Remember the smiles and the red carpet in Alaska?
Vitaly Shevchenko
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Vitaly Shevchenko
@VitalyBBC
Chief analyst at BBC Monitoring
Joined May 2012
- Ukrainian soldier kissing and embracing Ukrainian land after returning from Russian captivity. Today, 45 soldiers, National Guard members, border guards and two civilians returned to Ukraine.
- It was a great honour for me to present this documentary about a group of women from Mariupol who pulled together to survive the siege. "Before the war I had no problem with Russia, now I hate them all," one of them told me.
- The war goes on, but it’s a huge weight off our shoulders. And of course I’ll be making a donation to Richard’s cause!#Ukrainecast: meet Richard - a Ukrainecast listener. When he heard about Vitaly’s (@episkop_diomid) rescue mission to get his mum & aunty out of Ukraine to safety, Richard stepped up. He drove them 2000 miles to Vitaly’s home in Reading It was emotional
- Am I alone in feeling that some important questions have been left unanswered? E.g.: How could a convoy of slow-moving military vehicles have covered a distance of roughly 500 miles (from somewhere outside Rostov-on-Don to Lipetsk) in less than a day?
- Nine dead, four wounded in Russian attack on a civilian passenger van in Ukraine's Sumy region. So much for 'peace' talks.
- Ukraine has suspended its grain export corridor in the Black Sea after Russian warplanes dropped naval mines into it, reports say.
- It's 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, but you wouldn't necessarily know it if you watched Russian TV - none of the key channels has mentioned the number so far!
- What happened in Bryansk Region today is both unusual and strange. It is unusual because nothing like this happened before, but it is strange for SEVERAL reasons: 1/
- It’s a huge honour to be awarded the Association for International Broadcasting 2022 prize for #Ukrainecast. This is for all those who have shed blood and tears during this horrible war. We are humbled.
- The eastern town of Bakhmut is now known across the world as the focus of Russia's months-long assault and probably the most dangerous place in Ukraine. But here are some facts you may not know: for example, before the war it was famous for champagne!
- No electricity or running water in the central Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr (population 260,000) after Russian missile strikes this morning - mayor Serhiy Sukhomlyn
- Replying to @VitalyBBCDuring the Soviet era, Bakhmut was called Artyomovsk (or Artemivsk in Ukrainian) in honour of a Bolshevik leader killed when a prototype railway carriage driven by a propeller flew off the tracks. This one:
- Replying to @VitalyBBC5/ Whatever happened in Bryansk Region, it serves the purpose of selling the war. Audiences in Russia will be left in no doubt that this is what Ukrainian 'neo-Nazis' want to do: attack Russia, take hostages and kill innocent civilians. END
