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Here's a link to my new substack musings. It's all free and chronicles life having moved to the city of Kramatorsk in Eastern Ukraine.
#UkraineWar #counteroffensive #Kramatorsk
Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social
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Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social
@reflextv
Ex UK gunner. Photojournalist. @Noosphere contributor/RSF trustee. Author: Under The Wire. Working in Ukraine since March 22. Living in Kramatorsk.
- Taking back a country whose name they still can’t spell...god help us all...
- So proud to have my youngest son, Otto, now working in Ukraine to help build and restore war damaged houses.
- Remembering my beloved friend and colleague, Marie Colvin, murdered along with Remi Ochlik, by the Syrian regime 11 years ago today while we reported from Homs, Syria. Miss you mate 🥃
- Remembering my fiend and colleague, Marie Colvin, murdered by the Assad regime 10 years ago today while we were reporting from the besieged city of Homs, Syria. Thoughts too to Remi Ochlik, killed in the same attack, and all of the brave Syrians who gave all to save us x
- A few portraits of the 68 Jaeger Brigade troops who are heavily involved in the counteroffensive. Somewhere in Eastern Ukraine. #Ukraine #counteroffensive
- It's hard to believe it’s been 12 years we lost my dear friend and colleague Marie Colvin, murdered by the Syrian regime alongside Remi Ochlik while we worked in a makeshift media centre in Homs in 2012. Me, Edith Bouvier and Wa’el our dear translator were all seriously 1/3
- Had the pleasure of working with Angelina Jolie today. We visited a hospital to meet kids wounded in the Kramatorsk railway attack.
- Remembering my dear colleagues Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, murdered by the Syrian regime in 2012On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we remember Marie Colvin, the brave American journalist who was killed by the Assad regime in 2012 while reporting on the atrocities in Syria. In her final report for @CNN, she called on journalists to tell the truth about the regime's crimes. Today, we
- Last year, my beautiful mother died alone and confused. We sought clarity and leadership (@mrjamesob) but received only obfuscation and lies. Now you have the temerity to claim your quaffing of fine wines in the garden, was a work meeting. Show some damned respect
- I run hostile environment courses for Ukrainian journalists all over Ukraine. One of the first rules I give them is not to run around the frontline looking indistinguishable from a soldier carrying a gun. Quote from a sniper I know - ‘If it’s in green, it dies.’If you run around the battlefield dressed as a combatant and, according to various reports, taking an active part in armed hostilities - you are not a journalist, and you forfeit any protection you might expect as a civilian under international law.
- Attended my lovely mums funeral in Liverpool today. Another victim of the Coronavirus #stayhome for everyone’s sake. Thanks, Paul
- Just finished doing 3 hours of back to back interviews with my evil twin, Jamie Dornan, for A Private War. I really hope the journalists interviewing us, found us a funny as we found each other, nearly shat my pants laughing so hard… #APrivateWar #reflextv #underthewire
