Russell Brand: On Trial

In Kyiv, Ilyas' faith in the military is becoming increasingly spiritual. Seva visits his home village near Dnipro where he’s humbled by his parent’s war effort. And against the backdrop of the bombardment of Mariupol, Oksana receives a routine invitation that triggers an emotional response.

From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast, 
Ukraine War Diaries follows experiences, lived by and told by people, whose lives have been twisted out of shape by war.

Week 7 diary entries were recorded using WhatsApp voice notes and first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series when it broadcasts, on weekdays, subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

Series producer - Rob Mulhern

In Kyiv, Seva makes an unusual delivery to a recently liberated village.
Meanwhile, Ilyas visits his reopened barber shop —an experience that leaves him dreaming of victory and Oksana is moved by the stirring stories of children trapped inside Mariupol’s steelworks.

From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast, 
Ukraine War Diaries follows experiences, lived by and told by people, whose lives have been twisted out of shape by war.

Week 6 diary entries were recorded using WhatsApp voice notes and first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series when it broadcasts, on weekdays, subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

Series producer - Rob Mulhern
Production support Paul Stanworth
Music - Океан Ельзи - Місто Марії

In the Kyiv suburbs, Seva hears shocking allegations involving drunk Russian soldiers.
Meanwhile, having travelled from Lviv, Ilyas decides to stay on a little longer in the capital. Here, by telephone, he endures a difficult conversation about the war with his 4-year-old son in Poland.
And Oksana is staggered by the sheer scale of what Russian soldiers are stealing, which stretches to her neighbour’s underwear.
 
From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast, 
Ukraine War Diaries follows experiences, lived by and told by people, whose lives have been twisted out of shape by war. 
 
Week 5 diary entries were all recorded using WhatsApp voice notes.
 
These diary entries were first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series when it broadcasts on weekdays, subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.
 
Series producer - Rob Mulhern
Production support - Paul Stanworth

In Kyiv, Oksana rescues a parrot left behind by a fleeing neighbour. Ilyas returns to the Ukrainian capital for the first time in over a month. Here, he meets with his 84-year-old grandmother who shares stories of nazi occupation and makes comparisons with today. And we return to Oksana once more as she reflects on how the war is impacting her marriage.

From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast, 
Ukraine War Diaries follows experiences, lived by and told by people, whose lives have been twisted out of shape by war.

Week4 diary entries were first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series when it broadcasts, on weekdays, subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

Series producer - Rob Mulhern
Digital producer - David Chipakupaku
Production support Annie Joyce and Paul Stanworth

In Lviv, Ilyas tries to escape news of the terrible war crimes committed in Bucha.
In Kyiv, the bleak reality of these alleged crimes, is visited upon Oksana’s neighbourhood.
Meanwhile her husband, Seva, has a moving experience close to the frontlines.

Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio recorded on the ground in Ukraine to give an intimate perspective of day-to-day life in a war zone.

From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series – StoryCast, 
Ukraine War Diaries follows experiences, lived by and told by, people, whose lives have been twisted out of shape by war.

Week 3's diary entries were first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series when it broadcasts, on weekdays, subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

Series producer - Rob Mulhern
Digital producer - David Chipakapaku
Production support Annie Joyce and Paul Stanworth

In Kharkiv, musician Alex, continues to record and perform live music despite the siege. In Lviv, Ilyas starts planning his return to Kyiv. While in the capital, against the backdrop of anti-aircraft fire, Oksana and her husband seek an escape in their favourite movie.

Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.

Week 2 diary entries were first published on the ‘Ukraine War Diaries’ podcast feed. To listen to diary updates on the date of recording, search for Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

From the producers of Sky News’ multi-award winning series StoryCast.

Series producer - Rob Mulhern
Digital producer - David Chipakupaku

In Lviv, Illyas - an IT specialist, reflects on seeing his wife and sons cross into Poland. In Kyiv, Oksana, keeps a commitment to meet her family for breakfast, despite her parents' home being on the wrong side of the city, near the front-line.

These lives and more have been changed forever by the Russia/Ukraine war.
But what does the future hold?

Ukraine War Diaries follows experiences, lived and told by people whose lives have been twisted out of shape by war.

Week 1’s diary entries were first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series, search for Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

From the producers of Sky News StoryCast.

Conlon escapes to a new life, but destiny and the nuclear poison appear to have decided his fate.
Narrated by Diana Magnay.
Produced by Robert Mulhern

As one of the biggest police investigations in British history gets underway, Derek Conlon is astonished to learn that he too has been poisoned. But having crossed into the world of espionage, that’s only the beginning of his problems.
Narrated by Diana Magnay.
Produced by Robert Mulhern

A former KGB agent takes us deep into the world of the Russian spies who have just poisoned Alexander Litvinenko and piano player Derek Conlon using a miniature nuclear weapon.
Narrated by Diana Magnay.
Produced by Robert Mulhern