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Ukrainecast

Ukrainecast

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

June 12, 2025

25 minutes

Available for over a year

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 ed by Olga Robinson from BBC 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 [email protected] 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 the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord