Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News International Editor, and has covered many of the conflicts of recent years including in Syria, Ukraine and the Arab Spring.
She was in Baghdad for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and in Belgrade for the 1999 NATO bombing. In 1994, she was the only English-speaking correspondent in Rwanda when the genocide began.
She has won awards from the Royal Television Society and BAFTA amongst others, and received the 2017 Patron’s Medal from the Royal Geographical Society.
She has just published a biography: “In Extremis - the Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin”.
Her last book, “Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution”, was described by the Observer as “an account with historical depth to match dramatic reportage.”
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How Ukraine’s underground stations are finding a new purpose in war
Ukraine’s underground stations aren’t just for trains now, they are bomb shelters, bunkers and even comedy venues.
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Russia-Ukraine War: Biden requests huge aid package
The US President Joe Biden has requested that Congress approve a huge $33 billion package for Ukraine.
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‘I was beaten with an axe’: Fleeing Russian-occupied Ukraine
As the row over gas intensifies, Russian forces have continued their offensive in the east and in the south of Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian villagers on the frontline refusing to leave their homes
International editor Lindsey Hilsum has been to the village of Kam’yanske around 15km from the frontline. Many residents there are refusing to leave, despite frequent shelling by the Russians.
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Russia: Military and industrial installations go up in flames
There has been an explosion in Russia at an oil facility in the Bryansk region.
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Ukrainians try to celebrate Orthodox Easter in shadow of war
In Ukraine today they marked Orthodox Easter.
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Ukraine: What life is like under Russian occupation
As Russian forces pound towns and cities in the eastern Donbass region of Ukraine with artillery, today a commander said Russia intended not only to take the east but also the entire south – potentially giving a route out to Transnistria, a pro-Russian enclave in Moldova.
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Ukraine: The civilians who managed to escape Mariupol
There are some civilians who have managed to get out of Mariupol, after spending almost two months in a city that had become their besieged prison.
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Ukraine: Outnumbered troops continue to hold Mariupol against Russia
The last Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol are holding out despite all the odds.
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How will the Rwanda asylum plans work?
Our International Editor Lindsey Hilsum knows Rwanda well – and joins us from the newsroom.
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Russian withdrawal reveals devastation and destruction in villages around Kyiv
In towns and villages around Kyiv they are burying their dead.
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Ukraine: Some cities ‘no longer exist’ after a month of war
One month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, life has changed in the country, with a normal functioning country going to a war scape in four short weeks.
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Desperate civilians escape Putin’s army
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that Russia’s goal is not to occupy the whole of Ukraine but warned it has not yet achieved all it wants.
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Mariupol refuses to surrender, as Russian attacks continue
They will not surrender. The besieged city of Mariupol remains defiant tonight, despite what one Ukrainian MP called a Russian attempt to starve it into submission.
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How Ukraine has slowed Russia’s advance on Kyiv
We reported the latest on the military situation in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.
