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Thats at war to ask journalists to do. and i dont think that its a violation of our ethical conduct to adhere to those principles, because, you know, this is an operational security matter, both for the journalists involved on the ground and for the military and ukrainian authorities. 0k. im going to bring in francis scarr here from bbc monitoring because, you know, theres a sense, isnt that we dont really get access to russian controlled areas. were less clear whats happening behind russian lin...

Or bullet, especially given the internet and given the ability to influence. youre seeing both sides are obviously fully aware of that and have got sophisticated information operations. they need, the ukrainians need that in order to push back at the vast swathes of disinformation that has been pumped out by the kremlin machine. i was going to say, nic, you know, you quoted president zelensky in an article you wrote on cnns website in which he said, you know, this is what were interested in — ...

Are coming from the russian side when they are talking _ about the reasons for this invasion. and i think failure to do that means that youre not giving _ the audience the correct story. its really interesting to see, if you look back to 2014 - and the annexation of crimea and how the language that the media - uses now, talking back- to what happened back then, is so much clearer. whereas back in 2014 it was a bit i of a sort of a grey area, you know, in some of the reporting of what was going o...

I mean, how tightly controlled has the freedom to report in ukraine been? i think the thing you have to remember is its a war. this is a country at war. and so the rules of a peacetime nation cant apply. information is as much of a weapon as any bomb or bullet, especially given the internet and given the ability to influence. youre seeing both sides are obviously fully aware of that and have got sophisticated information operations. they need, the ukrainians need that in order to push back at th...

Warnings failing to deter. 0k. let me just bring in another guest. hello. because, you know, you two were there at the beginning, unlike deborah, unlike nic, you went there as a freelancer without the backing of a big media operation. how did you do it? how did you afford it? affordding it.. sorry. affording it wasnt wasnt easy. i crowdfunded to help me gather some of the costsl because as a freelancer, in this day and age, - i the amount that i sell an article | for doesnt cover the amount that...

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Sophisticated information operations. they need, the ukrainians need that in order to push back at the vast swathes of disinformation that has been pumped out by the kremlin machine. i was going to say, nic, you know, you quoted president zelensky in an article you wrote on cnns website in which he said, you know, this is what were interested in — maximum access for journalists, complete truth and full accountability. nic, do you see that as the full picture? you know, ive covered a lot of war...

And becoming ever more aware in those final days. but then that overnight when the, you know, in the early hours of the morning when the missile strikes started and the first time you heard that eerie sound of the air raid siren, it was, really, it felt seismic. and as though the world would never be the same, it was a real moment when suddenly youd had all these warnings for so long about the threat posed by president putin and his intentions and the wests failure to respond back in 2014, when ...

Uses now, talking back- to what happened back then, is so much clearer. whereas back in 2014 it was a bit i of a sort of a grey area, you know, in some of the reporting of what was going on. . i think because maybe it was, i you know, governments couldnt believe what was happening right at the beginning and nato- was very slow to respond. so i think yeah, i think i do think that the west the russian - perspective is portrayed, but in context. _ 0k. and nic, i mean, we talk a lot about impartiali...

On the ground and for the military and ukrainian authorities. 0k. im going to bring in francis scarr here from bbc monitoring because, you know, theres a sense, isnt that we dont really get access to russian controlled areas. were less clear whats happening behind russian lines. at the start of the war, francis, you came on the media show you came on the media show and you told us how the russians were reporting this as a battle to de—nazify of our ukraine. like nic, early on, you were advised...