Foreign Correspondents Talk With Ukrainian Journalist Dmitry Anopchenko

"My previous life, it was such a happy life. I was a correspondent who was in Washington, who was traveling through America who was interviewing people…Right now it's challenging because it's about my country, it's about the hometown where I grew up."

Dmitry Anopchenko joined the Association of Foreign Correspondents USA and described what the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been like for a Ukrainian journalist in the U.S. In this interview, Anopchenko weighed his worries, duties, and the emotional reality of what this war means to him.

As journalists in the U.S. and around the world grapple against the Kremlin's disinformation machine, long-term questions have arised. How do we reach the people of a country so walled off to foreign information? What more can journalists do to help Ukraine and prevent the spread of disinformation in our own countries? What can we learn from those moments before the invasion? How do we tell the right story?

Anopchenko reflected on his recent experiences and his lessons in empathy and solidarity: "Behind every troops' movement, behind every struggle, behind every shot, it's a [person’s] life”.