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Singapore-born photojournalist behind the lens in Ukraine
Singapore-born photojournalist Mathias Heng is one of the few journalists left in Kyiv. The 56-year-old Australian, who had travelled from Paris where he is based, tells The Sunday Times that he felt compelled to show the human faces behind the war.
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SINGAPORE - While many fled Ukraine after Russia's invasion on Feb 24, freelance photojournalist Mathias Heng boarded a bus in Poland that took him across the border to get him closer to the war zone.
On Feb 28, the Singapore-born Australian, 56, crossed the border from Warsaw in Poland to Lviv, Ukraine, then took a train to Kyiv. He arrived in the city on March 1.
