On this week's Media Roundtable, we discuss Ukraine: Life Under Russia’s Attack, a new Frontline documentary that takes us inside Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine. We meet displaced families, first responders risking their lives, and civilians caught in the middle of the war.
Before the invasion, 1.5 million lived in Kharkiv. Three months later, half of the population fled and those who stayed made underground shelters their temporary home.
More than 10,000 people have been killed since the start of Russia's war, and millions have been internally displaced or have fled to other parts of Europe, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, a US-based nonprofit that records political violence.
Guest:
Patrick Tombola, filmmaker, multimedia photographer and video journalist
Web Resources:
PBS: Life Underground: Inside a Kharkiv Metro Station, Home to Hundreds Amid Russia’s Attack on Ukraine
Nikkei Asia: All my friends are gone: A young Ukrainian in Kharkiv
The Guardian: ‘It’s a horror show’: defiant Kharkiv residents return home despite new Russian offensive
The Guardian: UN nuclear watchdog warns of ‘grave hour’ amid fresh shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant