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One of the first things that happens when we're there is we get stopped by the police. we get searched. i get patted down. other colleagues have been thrown on the ground. had guns pointed to their heads, because there was that fear of saboteurs everywhere. we spoke to the police and we said, "look, you know, we're journalists now." "can we ride along with you at night through the cityjust to get a sense of what's going on?" and we did. but a lot of buildings had been destroyed. hardly anyone on the street, anyone who was on the street was treated with suspicion. you know, ithink in the first ...

One of the first things that happens when we're there is we get stopped by the police. we get searched. i get patted down. other colleagues have been thrown on the ground. had guns pointed to their heads, because there was that fear of saboteurs everywhere. we spoke to the police and we said, "look, you know, we're journalists now." "can we ride along with you at night through the city just to get a sense of what's going on?" and we did. but a lot of buildings had been destroyed. hardly anyone on the street, anyone who was on the street was treated with suspicion. you know, ithink in the first...

There was just an abiding sense of fear and terror and an expectation that, at any moment, the city could collapse. one of the first things that happens when we're there is we get stopped by the police. we get searched. i get patted down. other colleagues have been thrown on the ground. had guns pointed to their heads, because there was that fear of saboteurs everywhere. we spoke to the police and we said, "look, you know, we're journalists now." "can we ride along with you at night through the cityjust to get a sense of what's going on?" and we did. but a lot of buildings had been destroyed. ...

So, you had to drive and it's driving a long way. and in those early days, there were checkpoints everywhere. people were so jumpy, so suspicious, especially of foreigners. it took us a long time to get to kharkiv. we arrived there and there was a ghost city. there were no people on the streets. there was just an abiding sense of fear and terror and an expectation that, at any moment, the city could collapse. one of the first things that happens when we're there is we get stopped by the police. we get searched. i get patted down. other colleagues have been thrown on the ground. had guns pointe...

We set out. at first we didn't know where we were going to go, but it seemed to make sense to go east. there were no flights, there were still no commercial flights in ukraine. so, you had to drive and it's driving a long way. and in those early days, there were checkpoints everywhere. people were so jumpy, so suspicious, especially of foreigners. it took us a long time to get to kharkiv. we arrived there and there was a ghost city. there were no people on the streets. there was just an abiding sense of fear and terror and an expectation that, at any moment, the city could collapse. one of the...