{"podcast":{"title":"The Interview","slug":"the-interview-1016532","podcast_index_feed_id":1016532,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p004t1s0.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1s0","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0l1426k.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":1940,"summary":"Conversations with people shaping our world, from all around the globe. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider. We hear from titans of business, politics, finance, sport and culture. Global leaders, decision-makers and cultural icons. Politicians, activists and CEOs. Each interview is around 20-minutes, packed full of insight and analysis, covering some of the biggest issues of our time. How does it work? Well, at the BBC, our journalists interview amazing people every single day. And on The Interview, we bring them to you. It’s your one-stop-shop to the best conversations coming out of the BBC, with the people shaping our world, from all over the world. Get in touch with us on emailTheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T02:19:24.771605+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-1016532"},"episode":{"title":"Robert Brovdi, Ukraine drone commander: Striking inside Russia","slug":"robert-brovdi-ukraine-drone-commander-striking-inside-russia","published_at":"2026-04-30T23:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-1016532/robert-brovdi-ukraine-drone-commander-striking-inside-russia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-1016532","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct98k1","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nhmvgv.mp3","summary":"“When we only had reconnaissance drones, we learned fast. We began attaching warheads to the drones. Grenades, then homemade munitions that we produced ourselves. We would locate the enemy with the drone and drop them on him. Then FPV drones entered our lives. An FPV drone is a one-way, disposable drone. That was when the way of war began to change” In a rare interview, Sarah Rainsford speaks to Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, about the rapid evolution of drone warfare and how it is reshaping Russia’s war in Ukraine. Drones are now being used to strike oil facilities and military targets deep inside Russian territory but initially were used just to spot Russian forces. Commander Brovdi was among the first to see their true potential and, as technology advanced, drones began to change everything on the battlefield. The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, and Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Sarah Rainsford Producers: Osman Iqbal Editor: Farhana Haider Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media. (Image: Robert Brovdi Credit: Oleksii Samsonov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)","meta_description":"“When we only had reconnaissance drones, we learned fast. We began attaching warheads to the drones. Grenades, then homemade munitions that we produced ou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1379,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-interview-1016532/episodes/robert-brovdi-ukraine-drone-commander-striking-inside-russia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-1016532/robert-brovdi-ukraine-drone-commander-striking-inside-russia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}