'It’s not every day you answer a FaceTime video call to see a man in a hard hat and a bullet-proof vest staring back at you.'
Today I want to tell you about Euan. Because in some ways I think we have forgotten what is happening in this war- torn country. Or at least put it to the back of our minds. The plight of a nation under siege has rarely led the news bulletins these past few weeks. And if it has, can we honestly say we have watched it with the same intensity we once did? Yet in many ways the situation is as desperate, perhaps even more so than ever. Putin will not lose face.
Just outside Kharkiv a makeshift medical shelter has been opened in an underground subway. From there Euan and his team have evacuated more than a 100 people from danger. He is haunted by those who refused to go saying they would rather die than leave what is rightfully theirs. A few days ago a man staggered into their humble sanctuary. Euan has sent me photographs too distressing to share.
Never before have I seen anything like it. And believe me I have compered hundreds of similar events in my time. Euan will keep doing what he is doing. We can buy more supplies this time from inside Europe to avoid costs and paperwork. But, more importantly, it gives all those who were there and many others who were not a stark reminder.
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