Gvara Media journalist comes under Russian fire in Kharkiv oblast

"Gvara Media" journalist Denys Klymenko came under Russian fire in Kharkiv oblast on October 18, Denys reports to the Institute of Mass Information representative Valentyna Troyan.

According to Denys, he came under fire while working with the "Khartia" brigade near Liptsi village.

"We were in the infantry positions, and as I was recording an interview with a soldier, they started shelling the forest where we were, which lasted for about an hour. The video actually shows several shells falling near the trench where we were sitting," the journalist said.

Gvara Media journalist Denys Klymenko, photo taken from the journalist's Facebook

He added that no one was injured and everyone survived.

"It was probably the first heavy shelling I came under, it was scary, but everything ended well," said Denys.

The journalist added that they were noticed by a Russian drone that night and the shelling started again.

"We walked about 15 km that day overall, and as we were already leaving the positions along with some soldiers at night, we were noticed by a Russian drone and the shelling began again – this moment didn't make it onto the recording – about four shells whistled over us and fell nearby, but luckily no one was hurt and we reached the safe zone unscathed," said Denys Klymenko.

As reported earlier, on October 10 the "Donbas Realii" filming crew (Radio Liberty) came under Russian fire while filming the soldiers in Donetsk oblast near Bakhmut. Correspondent Roman Pahulych suffered a concussion.