Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty may seem like a Cold War relic, but with the war in Ukraine, the broadcaster is again being counted on to transmit straight news into areas where free press is challenged.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty may seem like a Cold War relic, but with the war in Ukraine, the broadcaster is again being counted on to transmit straight news into areas where free press is challenged.
As of 24 March, five journalists had been killed, one had gone missing and at least six had been kidnapped. Approximately 70 regional media outlets had also been forced to shut down as a result of Russia's offensive against Ukraine.
In these first hours and days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is virtually impossible to gauge the full extent of the terror and destruction being wrought. Both witnesses and journalists local Ukrainian-based reporters and foreign war correspondents offer a mosaic of testimony and observa