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Cities and towns across northern Ukraine are being freed by Ukrainian forces as the Russians redeploy to the east. One such city is Trostyanets, northwest of Kharkiv, the site of pitched fighting until its liberation two weeks ago. Special correspondent Jack Hewson and videographer Ed Ram traveled there, and found a city destroyed and its people reeling.
Hundreds of miles to the east of Kyiv is what was once Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv. Now it's largely emptied of its residents as the Russians pound it with artillery, causing widespread destruction and sparking fires. Special correspondent Jack Hewson and filmmaker Ed Ram traveled with fire brigades, whose already difficult jobs have become even more terrifying in the midst of war.
Jack Hewson. Jack Hewson is a British-Irish journalist and filmmaker focused on climate, conflict, geopolitics, and insurgency. He was France 24’s Indonesia-Philippines correspondent (2016-2019) and Iraq correspondent (2019-2021). He is based in Nairobi, Kenya, reporting, producing, and shooting globally for PBS NewsHour and other media outlets. His writing has appeared in various international publications, including The Guardian, The Times of London, The Independent, the Nikkei Asian Review, USA Today, Al Jazeera English, the Financial Times, and Vice News. He also shoots and reports ...
Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of entering into its airspace for the first time and striking a fuel facility in the western city of Belgorod, 16 miles away from the border. But Ukrainian officials have not confirmed the attack as fierce battles continue in major population centers. And in Mariupol there was another failed attempt to evacuate civilians. Jack Hewson reports.
President Biden said Thursday there was "no clear evidence" that the Russians were scaling back their military operations around the Ukrainian capital, despite that assertion from Moscow earlier this week. The U.S. has seen some redeployments of Russian troops, but not in sizable numbers. Meanwhile the Russian attacks and Ukrainian resistance grind on. Jack Hewson reports from Kharkiv.