Tag: Kiev

  • Get updated with Lunchecot

    Get updated with Lunchecot

    In Japan, a passenger plane caught fire at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The approximately 300 passengers who were on board the plane must have been evacuated. The number of reported crimes involving explosions in Sweden almost doubled last year, compared to 2022. In Ukraine, Kiev and Kharkiv were subjected to extensive missile attacks on Tuesday…

  • Therefore, Putin describes his war as a tragedy

    Therefore, Putin describes his war as a tragedy

    The entire editorial office of the podcast is in Kiev, Ukraine. Hear Anna-Lena LaurenDagens Nyheter’s correspondent in Ukraine. Fredrik Wesslauformer deputy head of the EU mission in Ukraine and now at the Center for East European Studies. Maria Persson Löfgrencorrespondent at Sveriges Radio with several decades of experience reporting from Ukraine. Program manager: Fredrik WadströmProducer:…

  • On the ground in Ukraine: The first counter-offensive started here

    On the ground in Ukraine: The first counter-offensive started here

    Hear about why President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now standing here in Kiev, in the square and calling this very thing Ukraine’s first counter-offensive. This episode is made from Kiev, Ukraine, Maidan Square. Hear Sveriges Radio’s correspondent Maria Persson Löfgren, who walked around the barricades in the square to tell how the president finally escaped by…

  • Anna-Lena Lauren

    Anna-Lena Lauren

    Forced to leave Russia in April 2023 after being denied a new visa. She had then lived and worked as a correspondent there for 16 years. As a Finnish-Swedish journalist, she reports for Dagens Nyheter and Hufvudstadsbladet with a new station in Kiev, Ukraine. Her sixth book “The Velvet Dictatorship” from 2021 is about the…

  • Trojans on the inside – so the EU’s unity against Russia can be undermined

    Trojans on the inside – so the EU’s unity against Russia can be undermined

    The Ukrainian counter-offensive is stuck in the trenches and another war is now demanding the world’s attention. At the same time, the EU is finding it difficult to fulfill its promises of arms to Ukraine, and in the US, support for Ukraine has become an issue of domestic political contention with a year left until…

  • Russian drone destroys US-supplied armor

    Russian drone destroys US-supplied armor

    Footage posted online purports to show a Russian Lancet drone hitting a US-made MAXX Pro armored vehicle A video posted on Wednesday by a Russian Telegram channel claims to show a Ukrainian US-made MAXX Pro Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle being hit by a drone. The footage shows what appears to be the MAXX Pro…

  • Putin’s stronghold in the Black Sea attacked

    Putin’s stronghold in the Black Sea attacked

    On the night of Wednesday, Ukraine carried out a major attack on a military facility in the port city of Sevastopol on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. Listen lieutenant colonel Johan Huovinen, teacher at the Norwegian Defense Academy. Ekot’s economic commentator Kristian Åström who has just returned home from a top-secret conference in Kiev with, among…

  • Ukraine bans Christian monks from their monastery

    Ukraine bans Christian monks from their monastery

    A court has ruled in favor of evicting the clergy from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, claimed by the state A court on Thursday ruled against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, giving the green light to the government to begin forcibly evicting monks from the historic monastery in the heart of Kiev.  “We are listening to a…

  • Därför ökar drönarattackerna mot Moskva

    Därför ökar drönarattackerna mot Moskva

    På gatorna i Moskva är förödelsen efter drönarattackerna visserligen inte att jämföra med förödelsen i Ukraina, men kriget kommer allt närmare de ryssar som är långt från fronten. När den senaste veckans attacker inträffade var Vladimir Putin inte där. Han var i St. Petersburg där han lovade bort enorma mängder gratis spannmål. Majoriteten av de…

  • The grain deal and the bromance that binds

    The grain deal and the bromance that binds

    The grain agreement between Russia and Ukraine is not being renewed, the Kremlin announced this week. The agreement has made it possible for Ukraine to safely transport grain through the Black Sea and reach, among other things, countries in Africa with vital grain. And Turkey, which was instrumental in pushing the deal through, appears unable…

  • Bill to block US president from leaving NATO proposed by senators

    Bill to block US president from leaving NATO proposed by senators

    WASHINGTON DC: Democratic and Republican senators have proposed legislation that would block any US president from leaving NATO. Alliance leaders are currently attending a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Reuters reported that the US Congress aims to prevent the president from withdrawing from the alliance without Senate approval. “The President shall not suspend, terminate, terminate, or…

  • Heidi Hautala joins Greta Thunberg on the trip to Kiev

    Heidi Hautala joins Greta Thunberg on the trip to Kiev

    The purpose of the visit was to discuss the environmental damage caused by the Russian attack.

  • The new drone war in the middle of Moscow

    The new drone war in the middle of Moscow

    On May 30, several drones attack Moscow. Many are shot down by Russian air defenses, but images on social media also show explosions on the ground. Russia is now increasingly exposed to attacks from the air, even deep inside the country. Several of the drones that reach Moscow seem to have targeted a nicer area,…

  • This is how the war is being changed by Europe’s heaviest weapon

    This is how the war is being changed by Europe’s heaviest weapon

    From Germany’s helmets to Poland’s fighter jets. A year ago, Europe began seriously discussing heavy weapons for Ukraine. The giant Russian convoy had stalled on its way to the capital, Kiev, and Ukraine’s incredible defense capabilities stunned the world. These days both German and British modern tanks have rolled into Ukraine and since a couple…

  • Sweden sends Leopard tanks to Ukraine

    STOCKHOLM, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) — The Swedish government said Friday that the country will supply Ukraine with “about 10” Leopard 2 tanks as well as air defense systems. “At Germany’s initiative and after discussions in what we call the ‘leopard family’, we have decided to deliver Swedish Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine in close coordination,…

  • PODDEN IN UKRAINE: This is how Ukraine stands against Putin

    PODDEN IN UKRAINE: This is how Ukraine stands against Putin

    There are air raids and shelling during the recording, when the pod is on location in Ukraine. Our two deployed teams are partly close to the front and partly in the capital, Kiev. Hear about the reactions to the US president’s visit to Kiev, about everyday life in the war and about the struggle to…

  • Russia protested against the US ambassador for arming Ukraine during Biden’s visit to Kiev

    Russia protested against the US ambassador for arming Ukraine during Biden’s visit to Kiev

    It accused the United States of “pumping the Ukrainian military with weapons and informing on attacks on Russian military and civilian infrastructure,” adding that such policies prove that the United States’ claims that it is not a party to the conflict are “inadequate and false.” Moscow also reminded Tracy that both Western-supplied weapons and the…

  • Many displaced Ukrainians want to stay in Denmark

    Many displaced Ukrainians want to stay in Denmark

    Most from northern or eastern UkraineFrom a gender perspective, it is clear that men want to stay in Denmark more than women. About half of adult men in Denmark want to stay, while only about a third of women said they would stay. It is interesting considering that 80 percent of displaced Ukrainians in Denmark…

  • Ulf Kristersson in Kiev – meets Volodymyr Zelenskyi

    Ulf Kristersson in Kiev – meets Volodymyr Zelenskyi

    Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is in Kiev to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This is Kristersson’s first visit to Ukraine as prime minister. His representative Magdalena Andersson visited the country this summer. Listen to the joint press conference here.

  • Live: Water, power supply in Kyiv restored after missile attack

    Live: Water, power supply in Kyiv restored after missile attack

    Kiev’s mayor said water and electricity had been restored to residents after “massive” missile strikes on the capital by Russian forces. Meanwhile, Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region announced the extension of an evacuation zone further from the Dnipro River, saying Ukraine may prepare to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region. Follow…

  • PM: Ukraine’s EU candidate sends a message of hope

    PM: Ukraine’s EU candidate sends a message of hope

    prime minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said that granting Ukraine and Moldova EU candidate status was a historic decision that would take it on the path to membership of the Union. "It is a message of hope for these regions and shows that they belong to the European family. In the future, they will be part…

  • The Embassy of Finland returns to Kiev

    The Embassy of Finland returns to Kiev

    The Finnish Embassy in Kiev will be reopened, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release about the improved security situation in the Ukrainian capital. The ministry added that Finland’s ambassador to Ukraine Päivi Laine will also return to office. "The Finnish mission in Kiev will continue to operate under exceptional arrangements," the opinion said.…

  • Denmark reopens the Kiev embassy as the first Nordic nation

    Denmark reopens the Kiev embassy as the first Nordic nation

    Conversations with KulebaInitially, the embassy will be staffed with a limited staff with a view to gradually returning to normal capacity in the future. As part of his trip, Kofod will also meet with his Ukrainian colleague Dmytro Kuleba to discuss Danish military and humanitarian support for Ukraine. Another aspect of the negotiations will be…

  • Finland joins the defense negotiations with Ukraine

    Finland joins the defense negotiations with Ukraine

    Finnish Ministry of Defense official represents Finland in negotiations hosted by the US Secretary of Defense in Ukraine Lloyd Austin In Ramstein, Germany on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Defense, the talks will focus on the overall situation in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and on the aid to the war-torn country. The discussion…

  • The Danish Prime Minister visits Zelenskyy in Ukraine

    The Danish Prime Minister visits Zelenskyy in Ukraine

    According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Mette Frederiksen is in Ukraine today to meet the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Together with the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro SánchezFrederiksen will discuss a number of topics with Zelenskyy, including how Denmark can be able to assist in prosecuting war crimes – such as those committed in Bucha. “I…

  • Presidential election in France, change of party leader in L and on the bombed-out suburbs of Kiev

    Presidential election in France, change of party leader in L and on the bombed-out suburbs of Kiev

    Time 1: Report from today’s presidential election in France Verdun – after over a hundred years, the wounds of war have not yet healed Change of party leader in the Liberals, hears new party leader Johan Pehrson Consensus or debate, what is most important when the NATO issue is to be decided? Chronicle by Göran…

  • Integration or not, is Åland an easy prey?  And the forgotten election issues

    Integration or not, is Åland an easy prey? And the forgotten election issues

    One hour Horrible pictures in the Kiev suburb of Bucha. How civilians are used in war. Conversation with Russia correspondent Maria Persson Lövgren and military historian Fredrik Eriksson. The Ukrainian refugees want to return home as soon as possible – how does it go together with integration? Darja in Siberia has criticized the war –…

  • Right now: Latest news about the war in Ukraine

    Right now: Latest news about the war in Ukraine

    Russia’s offensive against Ukrainian cities continues. Here the Swede Per-Olov Karlsson who is in Kharkiev in Ekot’s live broadcast. Also hear Ekot’s reporter David Carlqvist about the latest from the war.

  • Mayor of Kiev: Throw out the orcs

    Mayor of Kiev: Throw out the orcs

    Hear Maria Persson Löfgren, Russia correspondent, about the more than 40 million Ukrainian citizens who are still in the country and fighting the Russian invasion. The feature was broadcast on P1 morning on March 11, 2022.

  • VMA in Fagersta, Västmanland County

    VMA in Fagersta, Västmanland County

    Participants: Per Anders RudlingAssociate Professor of History at Lund University, Yuri DrapchukUkrainian musician, Agata Szymanska, administrator of the program for gender equality, Folke Bernadotte Academy Khrystyna Brodych, Kievbo, as well as several fleeing Ukrainians and Polish volunteers. Host: Robin [email protected] Reporter: Firas [email protected] Technician: Stina Fagerberg Producer: David [email protected]

  • Kiev, not Kiev: Denmark is changing the spelling of Ukrainian capital

    Kiev, not Kiev: Denmark is changing the spelling of Ukrainian capital

    Yellow and blue In related news, Denmark may well see a massive increase in Ukrainian flags being hoisted in the coming days. The government has announced that until at least March 16, the public will be allowed to fly the Ukrainian flag. It is normally not allowed to hoist national flags other than the Danish…

  • Finland grants Estonia permission to export artillery to Ukraine

    Finland grants Estonia permission to export artillery to Ukraine

    Finland intends to grant Estonia permission to export artillery to Ukraine when Germany changed its line of exports to Kiev. Estonia wants to sell artillery pieces to Ukraine for use in the country’s fight against the Russian invasion, but needs the approval of previous owners. Germany had sold them to Finland and had not previously…

  • Right now: Latest on the war in Ukraine

    Right now: Latest on the war in Ukraine

    Fighting raged and explosions roared in parts of Kiev during the night. Ukraine reports many civilian deaths. About 100,000 people from Ukraine have crossed the border into Poland since the Russian invasion began on Thursday, Poland’s deputy interior minister said at a press conference, according to Reuters. Today alone, 9,000 refugees have come to Poland,…