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
the bbc puts before going up there? yet so the bbc puts on before going up there? yet so the bbc puts on a before going up there? yet so the bbc puts on a hostile - the bbc puts on a hostile environment course and they carry out refreshes every couple of years, it happens on an estate and they are actually quite good fun to go on in a strange way, they talk you through first aid, how to deal with catastrophic bleeding, all the way through to dealing with military checkpoints and other hostile scenarios, but it s not until those lessons and those exercises connect with the real event, you appreciate them and for example when war descended, i will never forget the first day i ventured back out and it was like emerging from a long night where there were tank defences, mines lined up at the side of the road and there were military checkpoints, often nervy volunteers, armed volunteers who were eager to get your paperwork and find out where you are going, you could see they were search