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Ukraine: Reporting war at home

Reporting a war at home, and why protests and waving Ukrainian flags matters, with 大象传媒 Ukrainian鈥檚 Irena Taranyuk and 大象传媒 Monitoring鈥檚 Vitaliy Shevchenko.

How does it feel to report on the world's biggest story when it also happens to be about your home? We hear from 大象传媒 Ukrainian's Irena Taranyuk and 大象传媒 Monitoring's Vitaliy Shevchenko about the challenges of reporting and living the story, sifting truth from sophisticated misinformation, and the impact of protests and support from around the world.

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(Photo: Ukrainian flags alongside a British Union Jack outside a London pub, March 2022. Credit: Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

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