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Episode 5

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Cogadh na h-Ugràin

Cogadh na h-Ugràin

Tha ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ na seachdain-sa a’ tighinn às an Ugràin, le aithris sònraichte a’ rannsachadh buaidh a’ chogaidh an sin air muinntir na dùthcha. Tha Darren Linc a’ siubhal à Slovyansk, baile a chunnaic sabaid chruaidh as t-samhradh seo chaidh, tro mheadhain na dùthcha chun phrìomh bhaile Kiev. A’ coinneachadh ri Ugràinich àbhaisteach bho sear agus siar, tha ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ airson barrachd fhaighinn a-mach mun dòigh sa bheil an cogadh as ùire san Roinn ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ a’ bualadh air beatha dhaoine.

Bho chaidh an t-seann cheann-suidhe Viktor Yanukovych a chur às a dhreuchd aig toiseach na bliadhna, tha Crimea air sgaradh bhon Ugràin agus air i fhèin a cheangal ris an Ruis. Tha dà sgìre ann an ceann an ear na dùthcha – Lugansk is Donetsk – far a bheil cuid de ghnìomhachasan na h-Ugràin stèidhichte, iad fhèin air bhòtadh airson briseadh air falbh. Ged nach tàinig fòirneart a Chrimea, tha cogadh san ear air a bhith a' leantainn bhon Ghiblein. Tha fois-fòirneart a chaidh a dhearbhadh air a' 5mh là den t-Sultain tric ga briseadh, 's chan eil feadhainn de sgìrean a’ gabhail feairt air idir.

‘S e Elena Sergeevna aonan de chòrr is 400,000 duine a tha gun dachaigh anns an Ugràin air sgàth ‘s a’ chogaidh. B’ fheudar dhi a dachaigh agus a teaghlach ann an Debaltsevo, eadar Lugansk is Donetsk, fhàgail. Tha còrr is trì mìosan bho chunnaic i iad:

“B’ fheàrr leam gun robh a h-uile dad mar a bha e mus do thòisich an cogadh. Bha sinn sìtheil còmhla gun guth air sabaid. A-nis, chan eil mi a' tuigsinn càite bheil sinn a’ buntainn. ‘S e an Ugràin a tha san leth seo dhen dùthaich, ach chan e a tha san leth eile. Chan urrainn dhomh a thuigsinn.â€

War in Ukraine

This week’s ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ is a special report examining the impact of war on the people of Ukraine. Darren Laing travels from Slovyansk, a city which saw heavy fighting in the summer, through Central Ukraine to the capital, Kiev. Meeting with ordinary Ukrainians from both sides of the front, ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ looks to highlight how this latest war in Europe is affecting a population.

Since former President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted by popular protest at the beginning of the year, Crimea has seceded from Ukraine and aligned itself with Russia. The two eastern regions of Lugansk and Donetsk, home to much of Ukraine’s industrial output, have themselves voted to leave Ukraine. While Crimea’s secession was completed without bloodshed, war over the eastern regions has continued since April. Despite a ceasefire being in place since 5th September, numerous breaches continue, while some areas have completely ignored any truce.

One of over 400,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from the conflict is Elena Sergeevna from Debaltsevo, between Lugansk and Donetsk. ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ met her in Slovyansk on the day she gave birth to her son. She’d left her family behind three months prior:

“I wish everything was like it was before the war. We lived in peace, there was no fighting. Now, I don’t understand to whom, to where we belong. One half of the country is Ukraine, the other is not. I can’t understand.â€

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