Quentin somerville biography
Quentin Sommerville is the BBC's Middle East Correspondent....
Biography.
BBC war reporter Quentin Sommerville describes his weeks on Ukrainian frontline after returning to Scotland
One of the BBC’s most experienced and respected war reporters describes his weeks on Ukrainian frontline after returning to Scotland to spend some time with family.
Svitlana paused at her front door as the Russian shells continued to land around her apartment block.
The 72-year-old lived on the edge of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, with her husband Sasha. It had been their home for more than 20 years.
“I can’t even understand what I feel right now because of the anxiety…it’s very disturbing,” she said.
They were being driven out of their flat by Russian bombs.
Svitlana had her silver hair neatly held back. When I asked her a question she’d cast her eyes down and left, before giving a thoughtful answer. She wore silver fur-lined boots – “I’ve had them for two years” – and sat with her feet neatly together, her hands on her knees, a hint that she’d once bee