War reporter Francis Farrell on a field trip near the front line in Donbas (Photo credit: The Kyiv Independent) In Sydney, Australia, Francis Farrell told a Fredericton audience, the hazards are well known. “Snakes and spiders are a problem. Drones and glide bombs or invading armies, not so much.” Farrell is a senior reporter at the Kyiv Independent and for four years the second list has been his beat. On Oct. 15, he delivered the inaugural Stephen Smith lecture at the Univer