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Eurovision mission accomplished for Ukraine?

The editor of Â鶹ÊÓƵAV 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 Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Ukraine Marta Shokalo about how her team provided insight and information to the wider Â鶹ÊÓƵAV to ensure Ukraine was accurately reflected and sensitively portrayed.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV World Service

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9 minutes

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Mon 22 May 2023 02:50GMT
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