My Favourite Pictures

Euromaidan protester holding up a Ukrainian flag while the fight against the riot police intensifies. This picture was taken in the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv during the most intense days of the protest.

I really liked this picture because it shows how desperate people were fighting for freedom, balance between the president and the parliament, and most importantly, closer relations with the Western countries. After the police special combat unit “Berkut” brutally beat the protesters and forced them to disperse, more and more citizens joined the fight for Ukraine’s freedom, and eventually achieved their goal for after 93 days of struggle. this picture was very powerful and inspiring.

Favourite YouTube Clip

My favourite YouTube video is a dispatch on one of my favourite current issue happening on this planet, the Ukrainian crisis. I’ve been into this issue for 4 years now, and Vice News’ dispatches on this crisis were just excellent. This video is just one example of more than 100 dispatched these brave reporters created while travelling around the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine. Even whilst being kidnapped by terrorists, getting caught in the middle of a firefight, having to get smuggled into a surrounded Ukrainian military base, these reporters, mainly Simon Ostrovsky always returns to cover this issue on the ground. By far, Vice news’ “Russian Roulette” dispatches were the most trustworthy, and dynamic reporting that was ever done in East Ukraine.