Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism

Ukraine divided

26 February 2015
A Russia-backed separatist walks past destroyed vehicles after a bus station was hit during a recent shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces in Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The advance of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine makes it more apparent than ever that the country is splitting up. With more than 5,000 people dead in the war, is there hope that a ceasefire can end the bloodshed?

Joining us to discuss the battle on the ground and over the airwaves are:

Jonathan Alpeyrie, a photojournalist who has covered the conflict for Vanity Fair and CNN:

"The separatists overall have been quite open to Western journalists...In Ukraine's conflict, journalists are not targeted like in Syria."

Evgeny Feldman, a photojournalist for the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta:

"If it wasn't for Russian TV and Russian media, there would be no war at all."

Riley Waggaman, a deputy for the pro-Kremlin news site Russia Insider:

"Russian media has a perspective that is quite different than what you get in the west. I don't think that it means that is across the board propaganda though."

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