A British journalist has been shot and wounded in Kyiv while covering the Ukraine war.

Stuart
Ramsay, chief correspondent of Sky News, and his four colleagues were driving
back to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv when they were ambushed. The journalist
revealed the news after returning to the United Kingdom.

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As
they tried to escape from the car, a bullet hit Ramsay in his lower back while cameraman Richie Mockler took two rounds to his body armour.

According
to BBC, a Russian reconnaissance unit was behind the attack.

Russian
armed forces, who invaded Ukraine on February 24, attacked high-rise apartment
buildings and hospitals before announcing a ceasefire on Saturday. 

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The
attack on the Sky News crew took place on Monday, as they returned to Kyiv
after calling off a trip to another town because it was unsafe.

The
team fled the car while still under fire and hid inside a factory building
before being rescued by Ukrainian police.

Recalling
the incident, Ramsay said there was a small explosion out of nowhere, the car
came to a stop and rounds of bullets began smashing into the car.

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“We
knew we had to get out to survive, but the incoming fire was intense,” he
said.

“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. But what amazed me was that it
didn’t hurt that bad. It was more like being punched, really.”

“It
was strange, but I felt very calm. I managed to put my helmet on, and was about
to attempt my escape, when I stopped and reached back into a shelf in the door
and retrieved my phones and my press card, unbelievably,” Ramsay added.

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“Richie
says I then got out of the car and stood up, before jogging to the edge of the
embankment and then started running. I lost my balance and fell to the bottom,
landing like a sack of potatoes, cutting my face. My armour and helmet almost
certainly saved me.”

“The
point is we were very lucky. But thousands of Ukrainians are dying, and
families are being targeted by Russian hit squads just as we were, driving
along in a family saloon and attacked. This war gets worse by the day,” said
Ramsay.

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He
revealed the incident at a time when Russia introduced a law to jail
journalists for spreading ‘fake’ news. After the law was introduced, BBC
withdrew all their journalists from Russia.