Ukraine defiant on the 4th anniversary of Russia's invasion
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Jeanette Jalil and at 16 hours GMT on Tuesday the 24th of February, these are our main stories. As Ukrainians mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, President Zelensky delivers a defiant address. Western leaders visit Kyiv to show their support. Reports say senior figures in the US military are deeply concerned that President Trump may start another long-drawn-out conflict in the Middle East. And China imposes restrictions on dual-use exports to 20 major Japanese companies. Also in this podcast, the first baby born in Britain to a mother who received a womb transplant from a dead donor. I received that phone call and we ultimately then had to go to Oxford and have the transplant.
Following that, then of course, embryo transfer and I'm still a little boy. Ukrainians are marking the fourth anniversary of what has become Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War in ceremonies in Kiev and across the country.
Fierce Ukrainian resistance and hundreds of billions of dollars in Western military aid have prevented Russia from achieving what it thought would be an easy victory. This is how the start of the invasion was reported on the BBC.
Russia has launched a large-scale military assault on the country. Ukrainian politicians are describing it as an invasion.
Explosions have been heard across Ukraine in cities including the capital Kiev.
Ukraine can fight and we will fight. Our parliament had an extraordinary meeting. We provided a martial law in Ukraine and we will fight for our land. That is our country and we will definitely win.
In an address to mark the anniversary, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, vowed that his country would never yield to Russian aggression.
Today is exactly four years since Putin took Kyiv in three days.
Today marks exactly four years since Putin took Kyiv in three days. And that really says a lot about our resistance, about how Ukraine has been fighting all this time. Behind these words are millions of our people. Behind these words are great courage, very hard work, endurance, and the long road that Ukraine has been traveling since 24th of February.
In those four years, hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. Our correspondent Paul Adams is in a place of great significance for Ukrainians. This is Bucha. Listeners may recall in the immediate weeks after the full-scale invasion that this is where Russian troops came. They landed at an airbase nearby four years ago today. They occupied this town for a few weeks before they were repulsed by the Ukrainian military. And in the immediate aftermath of that, the world was horrified to see images of civilians who were shot and their bodies left in the street. and then the uncovering of a mass grave just a few weeks later. No one quite knows how many people were killed here, but it was probably many hundreds.
I'm at a cemetery just on the edge of Bucha where people have come this morning to commemorate the soldiers who died. both in those few weeks, but also in the four long years since. And as I walk up and down the row of headstones here, each one with a face of a soldier, I can see dates from 2022 onwards. And there are many, many places like this. You are constantly struck by the sheer human cost of what has happened here over the last four years. And Paul, we heard President Zelensky say that this is the fourth anniversary of the Russian president taking Kiev in three days. Those words are a reminder of how Ukraine, despite all its suffering, has defied the odds. Yes, it has. I mean, who would have thought it?
There was an assessment that the country would fall, that Kyiv would fall within a matter of days, the government of President Zelensky would be removed, and it would all be over. Of course, President Zelensky famously decided to stay.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:52
2
What is President Zelensky's message on the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion?
7:52–9:07
3
How have Western leaders shown support for Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict?
9:07–9:31
4
What concerns do US military officials have regarding potential conflict with Iran?
9:31–10:05
5
How has China responded to Japan's military capabilities?
10:05–11:10
6
What is the significance of the first baby born from a womb transplant in the UK?
11:10–13:10
7
What historical events are commemorated in Bucha during the anniversary?
13:10–21:43
8
How has the war impacted the Ukrainian population over the past four years?
21:43–33:17
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