Reporting from Ukraine's front line
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
As the war stretches into its third week, the city of Kharkiv has been among the worst hit. Today: what it's like to report from a city devastated by war, while it's still being constantly bombarded.
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Guests:
- Anthony Loyd, war correspondent, The Times.
- Jack Hill, chief news photographer, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:00.0 | As the war in Ukraine stretches into its third week, the city of Karkiv, which used to |
| 0:12.1 | be the capital, has been among the worst hit. |
| 0:16.5 | Thousands of civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries. |
| 0:25.7 | The shocking sight of cluster bombs raining down on residential neighbourhoods. |
| 0:32.7 | Our administration would like to inform you that a fire has started in the building. |
| 0:38.4 | Of that reason please go to the ground floor and from there leave the building. |
| 0:43.1 | An entire street totally destroyed. |
| 0:48.7 | What's it like to report from a city devastated by war while it's still being constantly |
| 0:54.7 | bombarded? |
| 0:56.0 | I try and go down the road as best they can to report from bad places to give a voice to people |
| 1:01.3 | who are living under the shadow of fear. |
| 1:05.2 | You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 1:09.6 | I'm Manvin Rana. Today, the war in Karkiv. We catch up with two of the most experienced |
| 1:16.2 | journalists in the business. The Times veteran war correspondent, Anthony Lloyd, |
| 1:21.2 | and chief news photographer, Jack Hill. |
| 1:37.2 | My name's Anthony Lloyd and I'm a reporter for the Times. |
| 1:40.7 | Well, and before we begin, just how are you? |
| 1:44.0 | I'm fine. I'm fine, but I've been on the road since January the night, apart from one |
| 1:48.2 | week's break, so I'm quite tired at the stage of the game. |
| 1:51.5 | Yeah, I'm not surprised. Where are you at the moment? |
| 1:56.3 | I'm in the city of Danipro, which is in south eastern Ukraine. |
| 2:01.0 | I've been here for about 24 hours. |
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