What are Russians thinking?
Why are so many of them avoiding βdisturbing informationβ about Ukraine?
Why are so many of them avoiding βdisturbing informationβ about Ukraine?
Victoria and Vitaly are joined by Lyse Doucet, who is in Dnipro, where rows of graves are being dug in anticipation of more people being killed in the war.
Grigory Yudin, from the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, tells us more about public opinion in Russia and about what itβs like to publicly speak out against the war while living there.
And Ukraine are through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. We speak to the country's commentator, Timur Miroshnychenko, who was broadcasting for the semi-final from a temporary studio in a bomb shelter.
This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Osman Iqbal and Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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