If you’ve watched CNN over the past six weeks, chances are you’ve seen a live shot from the InterContinental Kyiv, whose luxury belies the horrors that have unfolded just miles away. “COVID went through CNN like a dose of salts,” said senior international correspondent Sam Kiley, who quarantined in a Kharkiv hotel room during his own bout. “You’re in a crammed situation in a war zone together, where masking and distancing is not feasible, and there’s still this virus running rampant.”Christiane Amanpour reporting from Borodianka. Concerns about COVID or irregular meals are small-bore compared to the realities of the war, which have taken an even more dreadful turn. The word genocide is now a common utterance in discussions of the war, which doesn’t look like it will end anytime soon.

Source: CNN April 07, 2022 21:13 UTC