NEEDHAM, Mass. —

Martha Raddatz has covered every global conflict imaginable for decades, but she never forgets that her journey started right here in Boston — at WCVB.

"It's like coming home, it really is," she told NewsCenter 5's Ed Harding during a visit this week. "I get chills when I drive up here. I tell people, 'This is really where I grew up.'"

Raddatz has gone on to become the chief global affairs correspondent for ABC News. She has been on the ground in Ukraine and in the middle of the conflict in the Middle East.

"When you go to Ukraine, the people, the morale is so strong," Raddatz said. "They're fighting for their homeland. And that's the difference with Putin. He thinks it's his homeland. It's not."

Raddatz has interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy three ti

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