Ukraine Shocking Video: Journalist narrowly escapes from Russian missile
A horrifying video of a French journalist narrowly escaping a Russian missile strike in Ukraine has been doing the rounds on social media. The video displays the moment the missile hit an ice-skating rink just a few meters behind where the journalist was reporting. The anchor hosting the show was visibly shocked and dumbfounded following the incident.
Posted on Twitter by Anastasia Magazova, the video shows the Journalist, identified as Paul Gasnier reporting for TMC’s Quotidien programme as a missile strikes behind him. Gasnier quickly bobbed down to take cover as the channel host, Yann Barthes, appeared completely appalled.
Here’s the video:
Oh God, the moment of russian strike on #Kramatorsk this night was captured live on the French TV. I hope the colleagues are ok. pic.twitter.com/CG8eqbmuVF
— Anastasia Magazova 🌻 (@a_magazova) January 2, 2023
The video has been viewed more than 450k times and gathered a lot of reactions. As maintained by a report by Metro.uk, the missile struck a hotel and ice rink about 200 meters behind Gasnier. Thankfully, he was unharmed. The incident happened in the Ukrainian-held city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk province.
The video has left the netizens in shock and here’s how they reacted:
😳😳😳😳🙏🙏🙏
— Funda K.S.🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦✊🙏✊✊✊✌️✌️✌️ (@FundaKS7) January 3, 2023
It’s only going to get worse, it’s only the beginning
— kazim cayan (@KazimCayan) January 3, 2023
Jesus Christ... https://t.co/WCW7POCI0g
— Niklas Schmalholz🇪🇺 (@NSchmalholz) January 3, 2023
Oh God, the moment of russian strike on #Kramatorsk this night was captured live on the French TV. I hope the colleagues are ok. https://t.co/yEp0wSoFXG
— Rob de Vos 🇺🇦 (@RobRobmokum) January 3, 2023
While the journalist was lucky to escape the attack with just a few meters, not every reporter covering the Ukraine-Russia war was equally lucky. Another French journalist, identified as Leclerc-Imhoff working for the BFM television news channel died because of a missile shrapnel from a military strike. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, tweeted the tragic news back in May, 2022.
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First published: 4 January 2023, 11:34 IST