The TSN filming crew of “1+1” channel came under artillery fire from the russian occupiers in Kyiv region on March 15, TSN reports.
Journalist Yulia Kiriyenko and cameraman Volodymyr Rybachok arrived at a post in Kyiv region to interview the Ukrainian servicemen on how they had detained some russian soldiers there the other day. They did not have time to begin filming, as the enemy began shelling from an occupied village. The shooting started as the TV crew was in the field and there was simply nowhere to hide. The only shelter for journalists was a ditch along the road.
During the pause, the group tried to escape by car, but due to the shelling they were forced to stop and hide in a private house.
“There were at least 10 explosions in those few minutes. The military was later told that an enemy drone had been operating. The occupiers had been adjusting the fire through it,” Yulia Kiriyenko said.
“It helped me that you were praying. I just felt the power of the word,” said Yulia’s colleague, military correspondent Borys Sachalko.
“We are used to seeing such a picture in Donbass, but here… we still can’t believe it’s so close,” said another military correspondent Oleg Kornienko.
According to the journalist, the enemy’s shelling in this area of the front line has not stopped for several days. “The occupiers are furious after the insane defeat when the military smashed their tank column. That is why they are taking revenge – shelling from afar both villages and roads with civillian cars on them,” Yulia Kiriyenko said.