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Weekend: Ukraine: Agony in Mariupol as many try to leave

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Ukraine: Agony in Mariupol as many try to leave

13/03/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Ukraine: Agony in Mariupol as many try to leave

Many people are struggling to leave the besieged southern port city of Mariupol.

Many people are struggling to leave the battered city of Mariupol which has been under a blockade and constant shelling from Russian forces, this amid worsening hunger and deprivation. 

Also in the programme: The story of a Russian journalist who left her country because she couldn’t do her job properly and freely. 

Julian Worricker is joined by two guests to discuss their journalism careers and the news and issues of the day. Arzu Geybulla is an Azerbaijani journalist, with a special focus in human rights and press freedom She is based in Istanbul and David Rennie is a British journalist and Beijing bureau chief for the Economist newspaper. 

(Photo: A woman among the walking wounded in the aftermath of shelling / attack / air strike on a maternity and children's hospital, Mariupol, March 9, 2022. Keywords: Aftermath Attacks Attack Conflict Crisis Damage Debris Destroyed Destruction Invasion Missile Rubble Ruin War Wreckage: Photo Provided by Sergei Orlov)

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