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Jasmine Allday

ITV journalist bravely vows to 'carry on' as air raid sirens heard in Ukraine broadcast

An ITV journalist bravely vowed to "carry on" with her live broadcast - as air raid sirens were heard in Ukraine.

Romilly Weeks was updating ITV News about the current situation in the Ukrainian city, as many people displaced by the events in the capital of Kyiv and other big cities, head to Lviv - which is around 70 kilometres from the border with Poland - for shelter.

However, as she appeared live to update Julie Etchingham, the news anchor here in the UK, about what was happening, air raid sirens could be heard as she spoke loudly to overpower them, continuing with her broadcast.

Romilly was reporting from Lviv, Ukraine (ITV)

Not missing a beat, Romily continued her broadcast as the cameraperson followed her around to show what was happening on the ground in Lviv, as others rushed around her to get to safety.

Following the sirens, the broadcaster showed viewers at home how desperate the situation was in Ukraine, before the news anchor urged her and her colleagues to get to some shelter.

"But Julie, I also want to show you a bit about what is happening at this station here, because tens of thousands of people - families fleeing the fighting - are arriving here every day," Romilly began to explain.

She chatted to Julie Etchingham, who was in the ITV News studio (ITV)

"It has got a bit more organised now than it was when we first arrived over a week ago."

However, she was interrupted by an air raid siren, as she added: "There's an air raid siren going off now - we will carry on. There are Red Cross tents, there are charity tents being set up here, there is food being supplied from soup kitchens, there's also fires being set up because it's so cold. Over there in the distance, there are the buses that are taking people to the Polish border.

Many people are escaping to Lviv, which is near the Polish border (ITV)

"Many millions of people do want to get to Poland, but many people do want to try in Western Ukraine to be close to their families. Lviv is waking up to this very uncomfortable news that the fighting has come very close to here."

"Romilly, we'll allow you and those very many people there to get to what shelter you can. Thank you very much for that," Julie then said as the broadcast cut back to the studio in the UK.

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