Ukrainian journalists

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Reporting from a war zone is always challenging and accurate information can be hard to establish, but it’s estimated that thousands have been killed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Among them are journalists – more than 20 - from different parts of the world. In this edition, we hear from those who are trying to tell the story of this war as it happens in the place they call home.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Ben James on the BBC World Service and this is BBC OS Conversations, Ukrainian journalists.
0:11.0	Imagine what it's like to witness and report on the destruction in Ukraine when it's your own country.
0:17.0	That's what we're going to spend time doing on this edition as three journalists from Ukraine
0:22.0	discuss how they negotiate the job's demands when the war is deeply personal.
0:27.0	Being part of this tragedy doesn't make me less professional or biased.
0:32.0	The whole world sees what is really happening in Ukraine and that is a blunt aggression with no particular reason.
0:43.0	We'll hear more of the conversations with our journalist guests in a moment.
0:47.0	One of the other ways we get to hear people's stories and thoughts is when they send us audio messages.
0:52.0	The strategic port of Maripol remains significant in this war. It's been a key target for Russia and the city's been under near constant bombing for more than a month.
1:02.0	It's estimated that around 100,000 people remain in Maripol and if that's the case then around 300,000 have fled the city.
1:11.0	Meanwhile the United Nations and the Red Cross estimate thousands of people have died.
1:17.0	We received this message from someone who lived in Maripol but managed to escape.
1:22.0	His thoughts are constantly with those who are left behind.
1:25.0	I lost everything in my home, everything I had. I have with me only my hand luggage.
1:32.0	We're waiting for any news from Maripol every day.
1:37.0	We hope that our grandma still be possible to escape in the future.
1:42.0	A few days ago we received from her phone call. Somehow she has a new mobile operator.
1:50.0	I think it's Russian. She can call us but we cannot call her and still waiting for help.
1:57.0	At this moment I stay in Cherkassi town. It's between Kiev, Siti and Miro in the middle of Ukraine. It's a most safety place.
2:09.0	The future is in a fog from one side is a horrible war and from other side we can stare to death without money.
2:21.0	One example of the stark choices and calculations that are being made by those still in Ukraine.
2:27.0	We're going to focus now on those who remain there in order to witness and share information as part of their jobs and what's happening in their country.
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