She later stated that in her reporting, she tried "to show the Chechen side of the story, to give them a chance to tell their point of view, to show how terrible the war was for civilians and even Russian soldiers".
後來，馬修克指出自己嘗試在報道中「顯示車臣一方的故事、給他們一個機會訴說自己的觀點、以及揭露戰爭對平民，甚至俄羅斯士兵有多麼的可怕」。