Q&A: Russian POWs, counting casualties and DIY bomb shelters

问答:俄罗斯战俘,统计伤亡人数和自建防空洞

Ukrainecast

2025-06-13

24 分钟
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How are Russian POWs treated in Ukrainian captivity? Is Kyiv’s claim that Russia has suffered more than 1 million casualties during the war accurate? And during WW2 Britain used flat-pack bomb shelters - could they also now work in Ukraine? These are just some of the questions you’ve been sending in to the Ukrainecast team. Jamie and Vitaly are joined by Olga Robinson from BBC Verify and Olga Ivshina from BBC Russian to answer them. Today’s episode is presented by Jamie Coomarasamy and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Polly Hope. The technical producer was James Piper. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480 You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord
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  • It's 1205 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

  • This week, a potential glimmer of light amid the fog of war.

  • The bodies of more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers were returned from Russia as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between the warring countries.

  • In return, Russia received 27 bodies.

  • But despite the exchanges,

  • the fighting has continued large scale air attacks on cities across Ukraine,

  • including Kiev, Kharkiv and Odessa.

  • And you have been sending in lots of questions,

  • so we have assembled a top team to try and answer them in this episode of UkraineCast.

  • this war this year.

  • President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker.

  • Biden was just enemy, Trump is rival.

  • Ukrainians will pay lives for this decision.

  • You're gambling with World War III.

  • Hello, this is Jamie Kimarasami in the Ukraine Car Studio.

  • And this is Vitaly Shevchenko, also in the Ukraine Car Studio.

  • I'm Olga Robinson, also in the Ukraine Car Studio.

  • And here is another Olga, Olga Ivshina, again in the Ukrainecast studio.

  • Now regular listeners and viewers of Ukrainecast will remember that Olga Robinson,

  • Olga R, let's call her,