My Escape From Eastern Ukraine
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — As you drive into the outskirts of Sloviansk, a small town of just around 130,000 deep in Eastern Ukraine, it becomes clear that the country’s crisis is reaching new levels.
I have spent the last week traveling across the region with a**ther British journalist, and on Saturday, as we approach the city, the first thing we see is a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia militia mingling with police blocking the road. A bus filled with men dressed in combat fatigues is parked on a grass verge nearby. It is clear that these people are **w in control of who enters or leaves the city Read more...