conflict. this is horrible. and again, this is going to last for a century. you mentioned the somme. the french are still clearing unexpected ordinance out of the fields of france and belgium. it s incredible what the long term payment that is going to go along with what russia has done in the ukraine. people are going to feel it for literally multiple generations of. , for literally multiple generations of. v , , for literally multiple generations of. , , , ., , of. it s pretty vulgar, isn t it, that tomorrow of. it s pretty vulgar, isn t it, that tomorrow they ll - of. it s pretty vulgar, isn t it, that tomorrow they ll be - that tomorrow they ll be accelerating victory day, harking back to the second world war. blind to what is being carried out in ukraine. ., ~ ., to what is being carried out in ukraine. ., ,, ., , ., ukraine. you know, it is sad. you would think ukraine. you know, it is sad. you would think that ukraine. you know, it is sad. you would think that the u
we were at the edge of the city one day in a forest, and we were watching young men, lines of young men, digging trenches with shovels. chopping down trees, frantically trying to create a line of defence around the city. and it s a scene that could have played out, and indeed did play, out in world war one. this could have been the somme, but it was the edge of a european capital in 2022. you can hear lots of shooting tear gas coming in. i ve been based in the middle east covering conflicts in iraq, syria, libya for the past ten years. before that, i was in afghanistan. i ve covered a lot of catastrophes, a lot of wars. never been to ukraine before.
and it s a scene that could have played out, and indeed did play, out in world war i. this could have been the somme, but it was the edge of a european capital in 2022. you can hear lots of shooting, tear gas coming in. i ve been based in the middle east covering conflicts in iraq, syria, libya for the past ten years. before that, i was in afghanistan. i ve covered a lot of catastrophes, a lot of wars. never been to ukraine before. all of that was new, and it was just very different. the raw fear in those early days. like nothing i d ever seen before. just that overall
frantically trying to create a line of defence around the city. and it s a scene that could have played out, and indeed did play out, in world war i. this could have been the somme, but it was the edge of a european capital in 2022. you can hear lots of shooting, tear gas coming in. i ve been based in the middle east covering conflicts in iraq, syria, libya for the past ten years. before that, i was in afghanistan. i ve covered a lot of catastrophes, a lot of wars. never been to ukraine before. all of that was new, and it was just very different.
chopping down trees, frantically trying to create a line of defence around the city. and it s a scene that could have played out and, indeed, did play out in world war i. this could have been the somme, but it was the edge of a european capital in 2022. you can hear lots of shooting, tear gas coming in. i ve been based in the middle east covering conflicts in iraq, syria, libya for the past ten years. before that, i was in afghanistan. i ve covered a lot of catastrophes, a lot of wars. never been to ukraine before. all of that was new, and it was just very different. the raw fear in those early days. like nothing i d ever seen before. just that overall sense of uncertainty.