Bonus: Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers

奖励:乌克兰士兵眼中前线战斗的隐藏现实

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2024-03-29

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A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. In a new BBC documentary, a single Ukrainian infantry company find themselves in a life or death battle to defend the eastern front against intense Russian attacks. Jamie Roberts tells us how he managed to get such rare access and what the fate of these men tells us about the reality of the frontlines in Ukraine. The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide. We’re keen to hear from you, wherever you are in the world. We want your ideas, stories and experiences to help us understand and tell The Global Story. Email us at theglobalstory@bbc.com You can also message us or leave a voice note via WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480. #TheGlobalStory The Global Story is part of the BBC News Podcasts family. The team that makes The Global Story also makes several other podcasts, such as Americast and Ukrainecast, which cover US news and the war in Ukraine. If you enjoy The Global Story, then we think that you will enjoy some of our other podcasts too. To find them, simply search on your favourite podcast app. This episode was made by Neal Razzell, Peter Goffin, Laurie Kalus, and Rachel Hagan. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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  • Jamie Roberts, thanks so much for joining us.

  • I mean, I watched the film and like all of the rave reviews that I read, I was gripped.

  • It was painful to watch as well as just sort of gripping.

  • Yeah, I suppose that was kind of the experience out there on the front lines.

  • And so we did want to try and communicate that everything is broken, the people are damaged, the situation is difficult and chaotic.

  • Some of the social media content that soldiers had been uploading that I'd seen conveyed a bit of that and we wanted to try and see if we could really get into that space and tell a story.

  • You seem in your career to take a real interest about the people at the heart of big international stories.

  • So to really take us beyond the headlines.