Stacey Dooley: Ready for War?

[TTmonkey]

Stacey follows a Ukrainian detachment of civilians undergoing basic training with the British army.

A welder. A jeweller. A flower grower.

Soldiers, accepting they will probably not survive.

Very good programme. Quiet moving


On the BBC, must be on iPlayer.

[Maxdecel]

Missed first 20mins. Will probably watch it all again, absorbing program.
Real life but not as we know it.

[SlimJim16v]

When they signed up, they were asked "are you ready to die? They all said yes.

At the end, I can't remember it all, one of them said to Stacey "that's why we're fighting, so you don't have to".

[Rh14n]

Thought it was a pretty insightful programme and found myself with tears in my eyes on a few occasions. It certainly brought home the humanity of the men and the Ukrainian mindset. What a futile war! Stacey Dooley came across very well too.

[LosingGrip]

Rh14n said:

Thought it was a pretty insightful programme and found myself with tears in my eyes on a few occasions. It certainly brought home the humanity of the men and the Ukrainian mindset. What a futile war! Stacey Dooley came across very well too.

I really like her shows, shes done some decent stuff.

[ewolg]

The big big difference between Ukrainian & Russians soldiers is they are not forced in to volunteering. Morale must be so much higher than press ganged conscripts. I hope they prevail.