Will Putin stop bombing Ukraine? | BBC Ukrainecast

With Russia continuing to launch new strikes on Ukraine, is the Kremlin taking threats of secondary tariffs seriously?

How has the war impacted Ukraine's Russian-speaking population? And what happened to that highly-publicised minerals deal signed by Kyiv and Washington?

The Ukrainecast team answer all that and discuss the American family making headlines for defecting to Russia.

This week, Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko are joined by the BBC's Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse, and Olga Robinson tells us about BBC Verify's latest deep-dive into Russian disinformation.

To hear more - including on Donald Trump's social media spat with Dmitry Medvedev - listen to the full episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ltft1d

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