About this episode
The episode discusses a car bomb in Moscow that killed a Russian general and features insights from Vladimir Putin's press conference regarding Ukraine and European relations.
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 attack this year alone, with authorities pointing the finger at Ukraine's intelligence services. Also, Vladimir Putin said in his end-of-year press conference that there will be no more wars after Ukraine, provided Russia is treated with respect - he dismissed claims that the Kremlin is planning to attack European countries as "nonsense". The BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg was in the room to ask a question. He joins Victoria and Vitaly to discuss the president's answer, and the surreal moment a Russian TV channel mistook another journalist for him. Plus, Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse is in the studio to chat about Europe's eleventh-hour deal to fund Kyiv, and all the latest on peace talks from Miami. Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Laurie Kalus and Julia Webster. The technical producer was James Piper. The series producer is Chris Flynn. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with…
People in this episode
Hosts: Victoria Derbyshire, Vitaly Shevchenko
Guests: Steve Rosenberg, James Waterhouse
Topics covered
- Moscow car bomb
- Putin's telethon
- Ukraine intelligence
- military officials
- peace talks
- European funding
Keywords
- Moscow
- car bomb
- Putin
- Ukraine
- military
- peace talks
- funding
- BBC
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC
Places: Ukraine, Russia, Moscow
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