thank you for coming on newswatch. you have been a bbc reporter for a while but it s your first time in a war zone. did you feel in danger? it certainly was a nervy time in the first few days of the invasion. when i arrived it was a marine crisis but it was the speedin a marine crisis but it was the speed in which war descended on notjust kyiv but the whole country. the size of the advance and we saw russian forces moving on from the south, east and north, that really took everyone by surprise and it was that huge unknown that was pretty difficult to deal with. of course it is dangerous but it s about the personal level of risk which you are happy with and we have got a high risk team, a bbc team that solely deal with that and our safety which is the biggest priority. and watching you reporting, seeing you wearing your protect clothing, one wonders what sort of training you would have before going up there? yet so the bbc puts before going up there? yet so the bbc puts on
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