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Transnistria is an unrecognised breakaway state in Moldova. The US has suggested there are “indications” that Russia wants to build a land bridge through Ukraine to Transnistria. But would that pull Moldova into the Russia-Ukraine conflict?

On the Sky News Daily podcast with Kimberley Leonard, our Europe correspondent Adam Parsons, who was recently in Moldova, explains what the country and its relationship with Transnistria is like, and Viorel Barbanoua shares his story reporting from the Moldova-Ukraine border.

Plus, Natia Seskuria, an associate fellow at security think-tank RUSI, and former Moldova ambassador to the UN Vlad Lupan, tell us about the country being pulled into the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and what it will mean if Ukraine loses.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Interviews Producer: Madeleline Drury
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Ilyas old life and his new normal collide when he tries to sources toys for his sons birthdays.
Oksana continues to come to terms with a Russian home invasion in Hostomel.
And Seva receives a letter of gratitude from the front line after using online crowd funding to secure vital military equipment.

BACKGROUND

Ilyas is an IT specialist and married father who fled from Kyiv to Lviv shortly after the war started. Right now his wife and two young sons are taking refuge in Poland.
As of May 2022, Ilyas is back living in the family apartment in Kyiv and working, in part, for the Ukrainian government on specialist projects.

Oksana, 34, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv and has remained in the Ukrainian capital since the war started.
Many of Oksana’s closest friends have left the country to begin new lives in Europe. Some may never return. She’s determined to stay.

Seva, 40, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the war, he travelled across Europe for business. Now, he makes regular supply drops of medical aid and rations to Ukrainian troops on the front line in Eastern Ukraine. He’s originally from a small village near Dnipro.

Ukraine War Diaries uses first-person audio, recorded on the ground in Ukraine, to give an intimate day-to-day perspective of life in a war zone.

Week 9 diary entries were recorded using Wats App voice note and first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series when it broadcasts, on weekdays, subscribe to Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

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With more stories about the cost of living crisis in the news, including inflation hitting its highest rate for 40 years, there's even more pressure on household budgets.

Sky News' Kay Burley has spent a week in her hometown of Wigan in Greater Manchester hearing how people there are dealing with rising energy and food costs.

Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce
Editor: Paul Stanworth

In 2019 Coleen Rooney, wife of the former England striker Wayne Rooney effectively accused fellow soccer spouse Rebekah Vardy of leaking her personal information to the British tabloids. She made what became a sensational allegation after apparently ensnaring Vardy in an Instagram sting – earning her the nickname “Wagatha Christie”.

Vardy has always denied the allegation that she passed on information from Rooney’s private social media account to The Sun newspaper and has taken her case to High Court where she’s suing Colleen Rooney for defamation.

On the Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson, our arts and entertainment correspondents Katie Spencer and Bethany Minelle summarise the background to the trial. Plus, Camilla Wright, founder of the gossip newsletter PopBitch explains the world of celebrity story-selling, and media lawyer Paul Tweed breaks down the technicalities of libel.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Interviews producer: Alys Bowen
Archive researcher: Simon Windsor
Editor: Philly Beamont

As MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee look at whether people’s perceptions of their body image impact their mental and physical health, the Sky News Daily podcast heard from one reality TV star who has given evidence to them.

Charlie King was in The Only Way Is Essex and has spoken publicly about his body dysmorphia. He says problems with plastic surgery took him to the “depths of despair”. He tells Leah Boleto about his concerns over social media addiction and the role of influencers.

Body positivity campaigner Megan Crabbe and mental health campaigner Natasha Devon also join the debate.

If you need help or support about body image and mental health, charity Young Minds offer this advice https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/coping-with-life/body-image/

Senior producer: Annie Joyce
​​​​​​​Interviews producer: Alys Bowen
Editor: Philly Beaumont

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When Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February, it felt like Vladimir Putin wanted quick results. But the Russian army has failed on many big fronts. With fighting now concentrating in the eastern Donbas region, what’s next for the president’s strategy?

On the Sky News Daily with Leah Boleto, Michael Clarke, Professor in War Studies at Kings College London explores if this is a make-or-break moment for Russia.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont