the war started. it was an immediate, i need to be there. i need to be there right now . lily writes for a website now blocked in russia like almost all independent news but she is determined to go on reporting what the kremlin doesn t want people to hear. do you think about the risk to you personally in the future? co nsta ntly, yea h. yea h, co nsta ntly. it s difficult. it s disturbing. it hurts sometimes to write because i know that, yeah, i will say that, for sure, because i can t hide facts, but am i going to jailfor that? the risks are far higher for ukrainians that s clear on every street. but as war so devastates this country, in russia, vladimir putin has declared war on truth itself. sarah rainsford,
i need to be there right now . lilia yapparova writes for a website now blocked in russia like almost all independent news but she is determined to go on reporting what the kremlin doesn t want people to hear. do you think about the risk to you, personally, in the future? co nsta ntly, yea h! yea h, co nsta ntly. it s difficult. it s disturbing. it hurts sometimes to write because i know that, yeah, i will say that, for sure, because i can t hide facts, but am i going to jailfor that? the risks are far higher for ukrainians that s clear on every street. but as war so devastates this country, in russia, vladimir putin has declared war on truth itself. sarah rainsford, bbc news, andriivka.
democracy in this country, crushing his critics, silencing the free media and now criminalising the truth eliminating all checks on his power to make this possible. but there are russians resisting even now. like this reporter heading for a ukrainian front line. and seeing for herself the destruction caused by russian bombs. the war started, it was an immediate, i need to be there, i need to be there right now. lily writes for a web site now blocked in russia, like almost all independent news. but she is determined to go on reporting what the kremlin doesn t want people to hear. do you think about the risk to you personally in the future? co nsta ntly, yea h. yea h, co nsta ntly. it s difficult. it s disturbing. it hurts sometimes to write, because i know that, yeah, i will say that for sure, because i can t hide facts, but am i going to jailfor that?
said very adamantly that the way to shorten this war into bring into a conclusion is of the united states and western allies to send more weapons including more antitank weaponry and more tanks and so forth into ukraine and as fast. he was pleading. do you agreed with that? lieutenant colonel davis: not in the least. soltys people talking about these weapons, they don t have a strategy. they can t show you how this is going to succeed. laura: they did float russia down. lieutenant colonel davis: yea h, they had. they did not push them back. russia told chose to move because that is putting the ukraine in more respects can put more weapons in. you will get more people killed. but there s just not enough to turn the tide because ukraine needs a whole new kind of information and they are not going to get it. laura: the images and the pictures, it is a heartbreak. thank you.