On a cold morning in February, a couple of hours’ drive out of rebel-held Donetsk, the undercover journalist’s phone buzzed with an ‘Unknown’ number. Was this to conceal the caller’s identity, or location? Whatever the reason, it felt ominous.There was, however, a minor hitch. The mystery apparatchik on the end of the line was not sure if he had actually succeeded in hiding his number.”Firstly, I was asked if the number was displayed on the screen,” recalled Larisa Lisnyak, a pro-Ukraine reporter who had covered local politics in Donetsk for 10 years before the separatists claimed it as their stronghold, …read more
Source: VICE News
