
CNN reporter describes the challenges of covering the conflict in Ukraine
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Covering what's really happening on the Ukrainian border is being made even more difficult because of the constant flow of unverified or potentially misleading information, said Clarissa Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent. The prevalence of amateur videos, crowdsourced content and difficult to discern satellite imagery can confuse or perhaps misinform even seasoned journalists.
The far-eastern region of Ukraine includes breakaway, pro-Russian separatist republics, and residents there have been describing scenes of carnage from shells allegedly fired by the Ukrainian military.
But proof of the shelling is much harder to come by. "We've not seen anything to back that up in any way," Ward said of efforts to verify those reports.
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