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David Kent

Sky News reporters shot at during video report in Ukraine in horrific ambush

Sky News reporters were shot at as they were reporting from Ukraine during a terrifying moment while on the road.

On Monday, near Kyiv, chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and his team were attacked.

Their camera operator Richie Mockler took two rounds to his body armour, with Stuart being wounded after the shooting.

Explaining, Stuart wrote: "Out of nowhere a small explosion and I saw something hit the car and a tyre burst. We rolled to a stop.

"The first round cracked the windscreen. Camera operator Richie Mockler huddled into the front passenger footwell. Then we were under full attack.

"Bullets cascaded through the whole of the car, tracers, bullet flashes, windscreen glass, plastic seats, the steering wheel, and dashboard had disintegrated."

Stuart continued: "We didn't know it at the time, but we were later told by the Ukrainians that we were being ambushed by a saboteur Russian reconnaissance squad. It was professional, the rounds kept smashing into the car - they didn't miss.

"At this stage we thought it was a Ukrainian army checkpoint firing at us and that it was a mistake, so we started screaming we were journalists, but the rounds kept coming.

"I do recall wondering if my death was going to be painful.

"And then I was hit in the lower back. "I've been hit!" I shouted.

The group managed to escape the vehicle, before jumping down a 40ft embankment while fire was raining on top of them.

Stuart finished: "At the bottom, we regrouped. The five of us were alive. We couldn't believe it.

Sky News reporters rushing for cover (Sky News)

"We were in shock, no doubt about it. But elated to be alive. Martin said to me, it's a miracle any of us got out, let alone all five of us."

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