Sickened by what's happening here in Ukraine, also devastated about how things are developing in my old home, Russia. - 15 years prison for telling truth about the war - Most independent news outlets shut down - Almost all flights cancelled - Many liberals terrified/fleeing

This one broke our hearts: Ukrainian children cancer patients fleeing their hospitals and evacuated to Poland. Vital chemotherapy broken off by Russia's bombs. It is unspeakably cruel. Our latest for #BBCNewsTen with Francesco Tosto Michael Steininger and Dominika Zurawska.

It’s at least a 6-hour wait in the cold & snow to get on an evacuation train from #Dnipro. Many people here are from cities already under attack, like Kharkiv Only women & children are allowed thru. Police are removing men of fighting age from the queue

Home Affairs Committee: Ukraine's UK ambassador Vadym Prystaiko tells MPs there have been no end of "bureaucratic hassles" for years for his fellow citizens coming to the UK. His own wife couldn't initially get a visa to join him, despite him being his nation's representative...

Iasi airport in Romania absolutely packed with Ukrainian refugees taking flights to Bucharest, Dublin, Vienna, Warsaw. The only flight not full with Ukrainians is the one to London Luton, because they wouldn’t be allowed on without visas. Feels quite shameful as a Brit.

On the plane met a British citizen of UKR origin who’s lived in UK for 29 years. He went to meet his 16 year old nephew at the Romania border. Has now flown to Budapest, will wait at own expense for 8 days for first UK visa appointment. Then wait more for decision. Outrageous.

I spoke to people in Berdyansk who told me Russians are patrolling the streets, radio is playing Soviet songs and Putin speeches, food is running out. The local council is resisting collaboration, but nervously noting arrest of mayor in neighbouring city theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…

Dozhd has been covering the war for 8 days before they had to shut down and leave Russia to avoid getting charged under a new censorship law. Now Tikhon Dzyadko and Katerina Kotrikadze are back on their own YT stream. Inspiring determination 💫 youtube.com/watch?v=YgqCl2…

How Russian soldiers killed two unarmed civilians in #Ukraine and didn’t realise that every terrible detail was caught on camera Hard evidence, backed up by witness testimony After the shooting, the soldiers drank whisky & looted the firm bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

There may be "Mariupol fatigue", but the stories are all different and all awful. I wrote up this story about a couple who lost their apartment, Svitlana lost her pregnancy, and then they had to go through the Russian "filtration" system. Please read. theguardian.com/world/2022/may…

"At war, you don't get accidentally killed. You accidentally survive." I went to #Avdiivka, a front line town in Eastern #Ukraine. As fighting there intensifies, authorities call on people to leave & warn that many will not survive the winter if they stay bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Shocked by the horrifying news of Russia's absurd espionage charges against Evan Gershkovich, an excellent reporter and friend. Evan is accredited by Russia's MFA and was simply doing his job. Journalism is not a crime. Russia should release him at once. ft.com/content/b774ca…

A “trusted, dedicated reporter” from the Wall Street Journal could face up to twenty years in a Russian prison for spying. Our report from Moscow on the arrest of Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges. Producer Will Vernon BBC News (UK)

Top news organizations from around the world are calling for the release of our WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich, a trusted and experienced reporter arrested while doing his job. We are grateful for all the support as we seek his immediate release cpj.org/2023/03/cpj-me…

Tweet your support of Evan Gershkovich, the American The Wall Street Journal journalist detained by Russian authorities: ctt.ac/9y7jo He has not been allowed contact with his family or access to an attorney provided by his outlet. #FreeThePress #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvanGershkovich

It has been one week since The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia. He was doing journalism, the thing he loves, when the FSB arrested him. #FreeEvan

“Any parent who loves their kid would travel to the end of the world to be with them for five minutes.” wsj.com/articles/missi…

It is with deep sadness that the BBC is announcing the death of its much-loved journalist and presenter George Alagiah. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

A Moscow court has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested on bogus espionage charges at the end of March. It has been 21 weeks since Evan was detained for doing his job. Evan should be released immediately! #IStandWithEvan

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