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Evan Gershkovich: Six Months Behind Bars

Will the US journalist ever be freed from Russia?

It鈥檚 been six months since the Wall Street Journal鈥檚 Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian authorities in March.

We鈥檙e joined by his friend, Eliot Brown, and his boss, Deborah Ball.

And Newsnight鈥檚 diplomatic editor, Mark Urban, is in the studio to talk about his experiences on the front-line of the conflict, where he joined the 24th Mechanised Brigade. His producer, Louis Harris-White is also on.

Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Keiligh Baker and Arsenii Sokolov. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480

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TOPICS:

00:05 - Kremlin media operation
02:27 - Evan Gershkovich
14:47 - Mark Urban鈥檚 Ukraine trip

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