Q&A: Tomahawk missiles, the drone race, and Ukrainian Halloween

Q&A:鱼叉导弹、无人机竞赛以及乌克兰万圣节

Ukrainecast

2025-10-17

27 分钟
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As Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to make his latest pitch to Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, the US is yet to announce a decision on the delivery of long range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. Could Washington have given the green light behind the scenes already? Are Ukrainian claims of frontline counteroffensives being exaggerated? And which side is coming out on top when it comes to drone technology? To answer your questions, Lucy is joined by BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson and Mikey Kay from The Security Brief on the BBC news channel. The team also discuss Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, Nato military exercises and Halloween celebrations in Ukraine. Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings. The producers were Laurie Kalus and Julia Webster. The technical producer was Jonny Baker. The social producer was Joe Wilkinson. The series producer is Chris Flynn. 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 1,331 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

  • And in a week where events in the Middle East have been dominating the headlines,

  • international attention is gradually turning back towards Ukraine.

  • President Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron, even Donald Trump,

  • have all suggested that bringing an end to Russia's invasion is now top of their diplomatic wish lists.

  • But what, if anything, has changed?

  • Well, Tomahawk missiles continue to drive discussion,

  • members of the Trump administration publicly flirting with bolstering Kiev's long-range capability.

  • Moscow, though, is downing the alarm, and ironclad commitment is yet to materialise.

  • So can President Zelensky capitalise on an upcoming visit to the White House on Friday and persuade his American counterpart to turn up the pressure on Putin?

  • As always, plenty of you have been getting in touch with your questions on the war,

  • and our team are here to answer them.

  • on this episode of Ukrainecast.

  • Hello, this is Lucy Hawkins in the Ukrainecast studio.

  • And this is Olga Robinson, also in the Ukrainecast studio.

  • And I'm Mikey Kaye with Lucy and Olga in the Ukrainecast studio.

  • There's going to be plenty of opportunity over the next few days to be analyzing all the diplomacy that's going on.

  • So what we wanted to do this week on Ukrainecast is really take a closer look at the security situation where it stands right now.

  • Mikey, remind us what you do here at the BBC.

  • I have a wonderful show called The Security Brief which is weekly which I host with Christian Fraser and we take deep dives into geopolitical foreign policy,