As It Happens: The Friday Edition
Part One
Ukraine: Opposition MP
A member of Ukraine's parliament tells us people across the country are showing up to help with the war effort however they can -- on the front lines, and online.
Ukraine: Indian students
An Indian medical school student in Kharkiv says his government is arranging evacuations from Hungary and Poland for its citizens -- but he's stuck in a bomb shelter that's nowhere near either border.
Ukraine: Bob Rae
We'll hear from Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the UN, about sanctions -- and from a German member of European Parliament who says it's time to expel Russia from the global SWIFT payment network.
Part Two
Ukraine: Lviv to Poland
A reporter who made the trek from Lviv to Poland alongside thousands of fleeing citizens tells us about the harrowing journey -- and the moment Ukraine's military started conscripting men at the border.
Ukraine: Afghan interpreter
An Afghan refugee who was supposed to be in Canada by now is instead trapped in Kyiv with his family. And for them, the situation on the ground is all too familiar.
Ukraine: EU sanctions
A German Member of European Parliament says his government, and the world, needs to step up and introduce sanctions that actually hurt the Russia Government, and Vladimir Putin specifically.
Part Three
Ukraine: Former MP
A former Ukrainian MP who is blacklisted by Moscow tells us why she left her home in Kyiv -- and why her fight against Russian aggression will continue.
Ukraine: Canadians
We hear from a Ukrainian-Canadian who says the diaspora in this country is rallying to help friends and family back home. And Ottawa needs to do the same.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Katie Geleff
Sheena Goodyear
Chris Harbord
Sarah Jackson
Mehek Mazhar
Kate McGillivray
Susan McReynolds
Niza Nondo
John Perry
Kevin Robertson
Chloe Shantz-Hilkes
Olsy Sorokina
and Kate Swoger.
Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director is John McGill.
The writers this week are Austin Webb and Chris Howden. Austin Webb is our senior producer. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.
We'd also like to thank some other people who helped out this week:
Mary-Catherine MacIntosh in Halifax
Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Kate Cornick in Ottawa
Laura Antonelli, Andrea Bellemare, Frankie Fiorini, Jonathan Ore, Alex Redekopp, Ben Shannon, Luke Williams and Brandie Weikle -- all in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Allison Dempster in Calgary
Anne Penman in Vancouver
and the Globe and Mail's Mark MacKinnon, who is in Kyiv, Ukraine.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Good night, and good weekend.