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A traumatised father on Ukraine’s front line

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By Assed Baig Verified
| MSN Singapore Verified
Through fields and down off-road tracks, amid the constant sounds of artillery guns being fired, is Ukraine’s eastern front line. Along a tree line used as cover, vehicles are hidden – camouflaged with branches and shrubbery. Andrii Onistrat is a commander of a drone unit there. He has a confident swagger about him and is comfortable in front of a camera. Before the war, he was a successful businessman and had his own television show. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine turned him into a soldier.
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Witnessing war crimes in Kharkiv Original

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By Assed BaigPublished, Assed Baig Verified
| Al Jazeera English Verified
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig on the harrowing scenes he witnessed in Ukraine’s second city, including apparent abuses by both sides. Published On 17 Jun 202217 Jun 2022 Editor’s note: This personal essay includes graphic information about the war dead which some may find disturbing. In Kharkiv, we used to close the curtains and turn off the lights so we would not become a target. This was our daily evening routine.
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Eyewitnesses recall atrocities in Meikhtila

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By Assed Baig Verified
| dvb.no
Reports of what actually took place in the central Burmese town of Meikhtila are still emerging, but internally displaced persons (IDPs) are beginning to speak out and tell the world of what they witnessed with their own eyes. “They beat them in front of me. I was watching. I can still see it.” Noor Bi, is crying as she describes the moment when she saw her husband and brother murdered in front of her eyes as she fled Meikhtila.
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