Russia invaded Ukraine nearly 3 months ago, and there's no end in sight to the fighting. Putin appears focused now on the Donbas region in Ukraine's east, which is home to a number of Russian-backed separatist groups. But as has been the case for much of the war, things aren't going well for Russia. Ukrainian authorities say they recently repelled a Russian attack in the region.

Still, things have been extremely difficult for Ukrainians. Journalists are trying to work while covering a war fought on their home soil. We speak to Illia Ponomarenko, a defense and security reporter at the Kyiv Independent, an English-language media outlet in Ukraine.

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