So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who you did speak to and what the terms were. I suppose the question is, whether you were changing names to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to western journalists must be very hard? well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a
To protect russians, to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to Western Journalists must be very hard . Well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a foreign one. I gave them their choices. I used first names only. And, you know, gave them the choice. I also made. I made very sure to speak to them out of the earshot of ukrainian journalists as much. Ukraine and had taken aggressive action there. And you attended something that sounded very fascinating, which was that ukraines civilian Military Liaison Officers were showing films to local people about the invasion. And i wonder what the reaction was to the films as you were there . Yeah, i mean, that was extraordinary, and one of the most extraordinary things to watch. There was a small audience of older people who were watching it. I spoke to one of them afterwards,
Catherine philp is world affairs editor at the times. She s reported from war zones for decades, and recently accompanied ukrainian forces across the border into kursk. So, i was coming into ukraine for. . . I ve been coming on and off since before the invasion, and this was a long scheduled visit. Itjust so happened that it came at a time when ukrainian forces had crossed the border into russia. So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who yo
Lopetegui thought he knew what position he was in and actually, they were in different positions and they were in different positions and they just decided they were in different positions and theyjust decided that its best to part ways now rather than struggle on for the first few weeks of the season. Its particularly bizarre that a manager has prepared a team in pre season but wont then take them into the start of that campaign. What was the nature of the disagreements youve been detailing . Basically, whenJulian Lopetegui basically, when Julian Lopetegui came basically, whenJulian Lopetegui came into the club after the world cup, he was told that there would be money to spend. But i think wolves felt as though theyd made it clear that any money that was spent in january would come out of the budget for the summer. He kept wolves up and i think then he thought he was going to go into the Transfer Window and bring more plays in. It was quickly pointed out to him that wouldnt be the ca
Started yet but theres already been a change of manager. Julen lopetegui has left wolves just a matter of days before their opening game. Good afternoon. Police officers in Northern Ireland say theyre shocked and angry after a data breach that revealed Sensitive Information about them. Yesterday the Police Service of Northern Ireland published the names, roles and Work Locations of all its staff by mistake. Its blamed human error and apologised. But officers are now worried about their safety and fear dissident republican groups could use the information to target them. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. Police officers everywhere deal with danger. But in this part of the uk, the risks are especially stark. Members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland take steps to protect their identities, and the media agree not to show theirfaces. So the publication of personal Details Online has caused distress. This has the potential to be a major security breach. Its a serious los