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Today on Ukraine: The Latest, we report on the scandal of closed bomb shelters in Ukraine, hear about the lives of the Ukrainians killed in Thursday’s missile attack on the capital, and discuss the war for resources – specifically the struggle for water – in Russian-occupied territories.
Firstly, Brussels Correspondent Joe Barnes speaks to the Ukrainian man who lost his granddaughter, Vika, and daughter-in-law, Olha, in a Russian strike on Thursday morning:
Petro described Olha as a real golden lady. She was an accountant at a big florist in Kyiv. She was a really clever person. Really friendly. She loved spending time with her daughter and they were really family-orientated.
Joe talked about the resilience he found among the Ukrainians he has been talking to:
It’s quite incredible, especially that people like Petro, the grandfather, wanted to speak to us. He wanted to tell the story; he wants people in the West to know and continue supporting Ukraine because without Ukraine’s resistance against Russia, Russia could go on further. He’s saying that without your support, this won’t end.
Petro had one condition from Joe before agreeing to talk to The Telegraph:
He basically said, “I want you to show the world what these bastards are doing to us.”
A major issue in Ukraine is the quality and quantity of usable air raid shelters across Ukraine. We asked Spectator journalist Svitlana Morenets to explain this subject in more detail:
There is a common problem in Ukraine with bomb shelters. In the capital, officially there are over 4,000 shelters in Kyiv, and they’re supposed to be inspected all the time; but in the reality a large chunk of them are simply underground parking lots, basement floors of apartment blocks and underground passages.
About 500 bomb shelters are marked on the map that people are advised to use by the local authorities, but some of them don’t exist at all. The information is just wrong. Some shelters look like will fall apart even with no bomb.
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Ukraine: The Latest’s regular contributors are:
David Knowles
David is Head of Social Media at the Telegraph where he has worked for almost two years. Previously he worked for the World Economic Forum in Geneva. He speaks French.
Dominic Nicholls
Dom is Associate Editor (Defence) at the Telegraph having joined in 2018. He previously served for 23 years in the British Army, in tank and helicopter units. He had operational deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland.
Francis Dearnley
Francis is Assistant Comment Editor at the Telegraph. Prior to working as a journalist, he was Chief of Staff to the Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board at the Houses of Parliament in London. He studied History at Cambridge University and on the podcast explores how the past shines a light on the latest diplomatic, political, and strategic developments.
They are also regularly joined by the Telegraph’s foreign correspondents around the world, including Joe Barnes (Brussels), Sophia Yan (China), Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia), Roland Oliphant (Senior Reporter) and Colin Freeman (Reporter). In London, Venetia Rainey (Weekend Foreign Editor), Katie O’Neill (Assistant Foreign Editor), and Verity Bowman (News Reporter) also frequently appear to offer updates.
