that's roland oliphant, the daily telegraph.ior international correspondent at the guardian, you are still with us from the west of ukraine. do you agree with that, that it can be hard to find the whole picture when you are in the middle a conflict? i mean, iagree with both sentiments. yes, it's the purest form of reporting. when the day the invasion started, i went to kyiv's independence square and i did the most basic journalistic exercise of vox pops, i talked to people about how they felt and amazingly there was a coffee bar which was open and i talked to people about their feelings and expectations. and just on the logistics, it's true, i mean, half of your brain is dealing with trying to get the story out as accurately and as well and compassionately as possible to tell human stories and i guess to bear witness about what is going on, but the other half is worrying about security, fixers, roads, in constantly shifting position where russia is advancing and the roadblock that was ok two hours ago may not be ok two hours lat

that's roland oliphant, the daily telegraph. i went to give — daily invasion started, i went to give independent square and i did to give independent square and i did the — to give independent square and i did the most basic journalistic exercise of vox pops — journalistic exercise of vox pops and _ journalistic exercise of vox pops and i talk to people about how they felt and amazingly it was a — how they felt and amazingly it was a coffee bar which was open and i_ was a coffee bar which was open and i talk— was a coffee bar which was open and i talk to people about their— and i talk to people about their feelings and expectations. and just on the logistics. _ expectations. and just on the logistics, it's true, i mean, half of your brain is dealing with— half of your brain is dealing with trying to get the story out as— with trying to get the story out as accurately and is well and — out as accurately and is well and compassionately as possible to tell— and compassionately as possible to tell human stories and i guess— to tell

this issue of context — of seeing the whole picture is also on roland oliphant�*s mind. t know what's going on, your line of sight is limited. i've not seen a single russian soldier, i've been close to them and heard them firing their guns and there are to be but i have not seen a single russian. all i know is explosions are occurring where people are running or the people are scared, those people often don't know any more i do. also in ukraine is the guardian's luke harding. here he reflects on the challenges of reporting this war. the russian narrative is there are no civilians dying, there is no bombing of civilian areas. that's clearly untrue and i think we have to treat the claim is untrue and report to the best of our ability what's happening on the ground. luke harding is in lviv in the west. the bbc�*s clive myrie is kyev at the moment. you may have seen his thoughts on this war being widely shared. none of us are forced to come here. it's part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell the story of this war and tell it accurately and fairly. and that's really im