Nick Paton Walsh had traveled to the Russian city of Sudzha with Ukrainian troops
The Russian authorities have charged CNN chief international security correspondent Nick Paton Walsh with illegally crossing the state border while reporting from the Ukrainian-held city of Sudzha. Similar charges were previously brought against two journalists with the Italian broadcaster RAI, and two Ukrainian reporters.
Kiev’s forces overran Sudzha, a city with a pre-conflict population of 5,000, during their incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region, which began on August 6. Although many residents have fled the area, some civilians remain in the city.
Walsh was part of the team of Western reporters who arrived in Sudzha at the invitation of the Ukrainian government. They traveled in an armored convoy with Ukrainian soldiers, filmed damaged buildings in the city center and spoke to remaining civilians, some of whom were hiding in a shelter.
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