Ukrainian life under Russian occupation
School children forced to sing the Russian national anthem and people fighting to save their homes - what is life like under Russian control?
Currently about a fifth of Ukraine is under Russian occupation. Olga Malchevska of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News team has spoken to 3 people from different cities in this area. She tells us about the threats they face for being Ukrainian and the small acts of resistance they carry out. Plus, the free-roaming rhino who crashed a wedding party in Nepal, with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service's environment correspondent Navin Singh Khadka.
This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ journalists from all around the world.
Presented by Irena Taranyuk.
Produced by Caroline Ferguson, Alice Gioia and Hannah Dean.
This is an EcoAudio certified production.
(Photo: Irena Taranyuk.)
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