‘Hunting Us Down‘

  

“MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The Russians were hunting us down. They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in.

“We were the only international journalists left in the Ukrainian city, and we had been documenting its siege by Russian troops for more than two weeks. We were reporting inside the hospital where gunmen began stalking the corridors. Surgeons gave us white scrubs to wear as camouflage.”

—Mystslav Chernov, video journalist, “Names on a list: Fleeing Mariupol, one checkpoint at a time,” The Associated Press, March 21, 2022. Image: AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka helps evacuate wounded in Mariupol. Mystslav Chernov photo/AP.

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Without them, Putin can murder Ukraine in secret.

 

PeezPIX 

Good night, 2013.

 

 

 

 

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