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On the ground

Ukrainecast

Victoria, Vitaly and James discuss Trump 2.0, Zelensky, Putin and prospects for peace
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  1. A close-up of a young man wearing a gas mask, helmet and army camos. Behind him are three women wearing the same. The group is outdoors in a sunny field with trees.

  2. US vice president JD Vance waves before boarding a plane. The US vice president seal features prominently on the plane's door behind him.

  3. Digger scooping Ukrainian minerals

  4. Trump and Zelensky shake hands at the White House after the Ukrainian president gets out of his car on arrival. Trump is wearing a dark blue suit and red tie, Zelensky in a black military-style outfit.

  5. A residential building burns as a ladder extends from a fire truck that's out of view, with trees and foliage in the foreground, in Odesa on 1 May.

  6. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia"s President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session

  7. Oil platform with flames coming out of a metal structure

  8. A woman cycles past with her dog as bucket-wheel excavators are at rest at a mine the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine

  9. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wearing a suit and sitting in front of a US flag signs paper with a pen alongside Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister

  10. Vehicles at a Ukrainian iron ore mine

  11. Two men in the cab of a van. On the left, the driver has short dark hair and wears a blue T-shirt and camouflaged flak vest; on the right, the passenger wears glasses, a dark helmet, a red T-shirt and a black flak vest adorned with a logo combining the Union flag and Ukrainian flag.

  12. Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a navy blue suit and tie delivers a speech during a meeting of the Presidium of the Council of Legislators of Russia at the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, 28 April

  13. Ukrainian fire fighter with a hose at a large fire caused by an attack in Ukraine

  14. US President Donald Trump (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hold talks at the Vatican. Photo: 26 April 2025

  15. North Korean soldiers holding rifles marching at a parade

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  17. The Bristol Beacon main hall is seen packed with music fans as the Manic Street Preachers play on stage

  18. Vladimir Putin on a video call with his army chief in his office, the former sat behind the desk and the latter on a screen.

  19. Zelensky and Trump

  20. The burnt-out remains of the car in the blast which killed a Russian general in Moscow on 25 April 2025

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    UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky walk with woodland behind them

  22. Antonina Grebeniuk stands in front of two banners at the Erased from the Face of the Earth exhibition at the M Shed in Bristol.