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Over to You: Eurovision mission accomplished for Ukraine?

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20/05/2023 GMT

Eurovision mission accomplished for Ukraine?

BBC World Service - Over to You, Eurovision mission accomplished for Ukraine?

BBC Ukraine’s editor reveals how her team provided Eurovision insight to the wider BBC

The editor of BBC Ukraine Marta Shokalo reveals how her team ensured Ukraine was accurately reflected and sensitively portrayed in Eurovision.

Its mission was to highlight the situation of the Ukrainian people and that country’s culture - but was it mission accomplished?  We are talking of course about the Eurovision Song Contest which was recently staged in the UK on behalf of 2022’s winners Ukraine. We speak with the editor of BBC Ukraine Marta Shokalo about how her team provided insight and information to the wider BBC to ensure Ukraine was accurately reflected and sensitively portrayed. 

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
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