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What's it like to fight for your country over the festive season, when the rest of the world is celebrating with their family and friends?
We hear from an officer who heads an artillery reconnaissance team about what last Christmas was like - and his hopes for this holiday.
And Chef Zhenya has set up a military kitchen in Zaporizhya that makes 68,000 meals a week for a military unit. He tells us how he does it - and what he’s putting on the menu to celebrate the end of 2023.
And the BBC’s Irena Taranyuk has been busy cooking kutia, the traditional Ukrainian Christmas dish, which Victoria gets to try for the first time.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord
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What's it like to fight for your country over the festive season, when the rest of the world is celebrating with their family and friends?
We hear from an officer who heads an artillery reconnaissance team about what last Christmas was like - and his hopes for this holiday.
And Chef Zhenya has set up a military kitchen in Zaporizhya that makes 68,000 meals a week for a military unit. He tells us how he does it - and what he’s putting on the menu to celebrate the end of 2023.
And the BBC’s Irena Taranyuk has been busy cooking kutia, the traditional Ukrainian Christmas dish, which Victoria gets to try for the first time.
Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord

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