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With the war in Ukraine about to reach its third anniversary, the Overseas Press Club will present a discussion among four journalists who have been covering the conflict. They will discuss the current situation on the ground, the prospects for resolution, and the challenges for reporters who continue to risk their lives as they report from Ukraine.

The panel includes:

Isobel Koshiw is a Ukraine-based correspondent for the Financial Times. She has been a journalist in Ukraine on and off since January 2015.. Before Russia’s invasion, Isobel was an investigative journalist. She worked on several investigations into money laundering, sanctions evasion, hackers and oligarchs across Ukraine, Russia, the US and Europe. She was born in the UK but spent part of her childhood in Ukraine and speaks both Ukrainian and Russian.

Julia Kochetova is a Ukrainian photojournalist based in Kyiv. Her work has appeared not only in Ukraine but has been used by a number of top global news organizations including Vice News, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Reuters, and NBC. She has won a number of awards including an Emmy, two World Press Photo awards and two award citations from the Overseas Press Club.

Moderator: Luke Harding is the Senior International Correspondent for The Guardian, for which he has worked since 1996 including in both Ukraine and Russia. He has worked all over the world including stints based in Delhi, Berlin and Moscow and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has won a number of awards and has been a New York Times number one best selling author. Luke is the author or co-author of nine books which have been translated into 30 languages. His latest book, Invasion, Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival, was published published by Vintage in New York and Faber in London.

Harding’s latest book, Invasion, Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival, was published by Guardian Faber.