#StandingWithUkraine | 01 Welcome to Berlin

Welcome to #STANDINGwithUKRAINE, a new podcast series from CHROMERADIO, with me Catriona Oliphant. Today, we are in BERLIN. On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. By the time I arrived in Berlin in late March, waves of refugees from Ukraine had been flooding into the city for some time. They found a warm welcome. Berliners had mobilised themselves to stand firmly with Ukraine. The blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag was everywhere – flying from buildings in the glorious sunshine beneath the blue Berlin sky, on hoardings, and in shop windows.Berlin’s Central Station – the Hauptbahnhof – is at the heart of the city’s refugee welcome effort. I spoke to a couple of those involved in supporting the exhausted, disoriented refugees who arrive daily from Central and Eastern Europe.CONTRIBUTORS | Inna & Emanuel, Berlin Arrival Support (Instagram: berlinarrivalsupport - Twitter: @BerlinArrivalS)MUSIC | State Anthem of Ukraine by kind permission of Jonathan Slatter, Sounds Visual Music Ltd (https://www.soundsvisual.com/)PRODUCTION | Producer/Presenter - Catriona Oliphant for ChromeRadio | Post-production - Catriona Oliphant & Chris Sharp.