Russia apparently fired artillery when reporter Antti Kuronen interviewed Ukrainian soldiers. According to the soldiers, the attack appeared to be deliberate, but it is possible that it was accidental.
16:03•Updated 16:12
DONETSK REGION Editor of Antti Kuronen a few days ago was in danger of his life while interviewing Ukrainian soldiers outside the village in a quiet place in southern Donetsk.
It was four kilometers from the interview location to the front line.
An area between fields with few trees was chosen as the interview location.
Russia has fired on the neighboring village, but no gunfire has hit the interview site on the edge of the village.
The interview had been going on for less than ten minutes when the first projectile hit the right side about a hundred meters away.
Another explosion soon followed. It hit tens of meters away, on the left side.
It seemed that the Russians were looking for a hit.
“They can kill anyone”
Kuronen ran with the soldiers a couple of hundred meters to the village, where they sought shelter in the basement.
– The Russians shot at us. They must have seen us with the drone, says the soldier by name Misha.
– They don’t even care about journalists. They can kill anyone, he continues.
It is also possible that the hit near the reporter was accidental. For some other reason, Russia fired into the field just then.
A resident of the farm also came to the cellar Svetlana. He said that there had been gunfire in the previous days, but this was a different attack. In the past, the projectiles have flown farther over the house.
– This was much closer than before.
Russian shells hit the fields.
Antti Kuronen filmed the interview when the attack happened. You can watch a summary of the events in the attached video.
For security reasons, the name of the village or the exact location will not be disclosed in this article.
The soldiers of the region participate in the defense of southern Donetsk.