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Ukrainian refugees flee to Poland following Russia's military operation

STORY: Ukrainian refugees flee to Poland following Russia's military operation DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: MEDYKA, Poland CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Ukrainian family walking along the road after crossing the border (courtesy of TVN) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEKSYI, Refugee from Ukraine 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): Aleksyi's wife, Refugee from Ukraine 4. various of the family walking from the border crossing 5. various of refugees with a child 6. various of Mrs. Oleksandea Brechkoi, a refugee 7. various of their child, boy named Daniel, a refugee 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): VITALII KOVAL, Ukrainian refugee, software developer 9. various of the bus station STORYLINE: Ukrainian refugees are fleeing to Poland after Russia's launch of a "special military operation" in Donbass. Ukrainians have the short-stay right in the EU without visa, and Poland's geographical and cultural closeness makes it the destination of choice for people fleeing the war. SOUNDBITE 1 (Engl

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition party Civic Platform, addresses demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition party Civic Platform, addresses demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition party Civic Platform, addresses demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Polish politician, film producer, and sociologist Malgorzata Kidawa Blonska joins demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition party Civic Platform, addresses demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition party Civic Platform, addresses demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition party Civic Platform, addresses demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Protesters hold up signs with the letters of Poland's main private TV network TVN, a US-owned broadcaster, as they demonstrate in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11.. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest For Media Freedom - Warsaw

Donald Tusk, leader of the Polish opposition party Civic Platform, addresses demonstrators in defence of media freedom in Warsaw on August 10, 2021. A proposed law in Poland could force the US group Discovery to sell off most of its stake in Poland's main private TV network TVN. The law on TVN has raised fears about media pluralism in Poland, particularly after the takeover of regional media group Polska Press by the state-owned energy major PKN Orlen. The Polish parliament is scheduled to vote on the legislation on August 11. Photo by Damian Burzykowski/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM