Terrifying moment BBC crew are forced to flee as they come under fire from Russian missiles while reporting on aid workers in Ukraine
- BBC reporter Victoria Zhuhan seen sheltering during Russian missile strike
- Cameraman Kevin McGregor filmed attack and ran to cars to escape missiles
This is the terrifying moment a BBC crew were forced to flee as they came under fire from Russian missiles while reporting on aid workers in Ukraine.
Heart-stopping footage shows reporter Victoria Zhuhan kneeling near a wall with a man protecting her as a missile exploded nearby in the village of Mylove in southern Ukraine.
Frightened residents and aid volunteers started running when the first missile hit with a loud bang.
Fearful screams accompanied the impact of the second missile, which landed even closer to the BBC team of Ms Zhuhan, producer Claire Press and cameraman Kevin McGregor.
They jumped to their feet as a man shouted ‘Go that way’ before sprinting towards a black car. Two of them got in, but the man shouted again saying: ‘Move that way. Listen to me, move that way.’
BBC reporter Victoria Zhuhan (left) was kneeling on the ground pressed to wall of a house, while another man was holding her protectively
Fearful screams accompanied the impact of the second missile, which landed even closer to the BBC team of Ms Zhuhan, producer Claire Press and cameraman Kevin McGregor, who jumped to their feet as a man shouted: ‘Go that way.’
Another man, likely Mr McGregor who was filming the attack, replied: ‘I’ll go in this one here,’ as he ran towards the second car.
He was running past residents who were carrying their freshly-delivered supplies, while someone behind him said: ‘Behind you mate. Keep going.’
As he jumped into the car, he told the driver ‘I’m good’, before a female voice via radio said: ‘Following, go, go, go’.
The volunteer Kostiantyn Tytarenko, who filmed the aid drop, revealed in a video: ‘We are leaving Mylove. There was an artillery attack just now. It was so strong. I’ve never heard anything like it.’
The team was following a group of volunteers that delivered aid packages to people in areas of ‘difficult occupation’, which went through ‘so much misery’.
It was the first aid that arrived in the small village in three weeks and people were visibly desperate to get their hands on much-needed supplies.
Nobody was killed in the attacks according to Ukrainian authorities.
Another man, likely Mr McGregor who filmed the attack, replied: ‘I’ll go in this one here,’ as he ran towards the second car
As he jumped into the car, he told the driver ‘I’m good’, before a female voice via radio said: ‘Following, go, go, go’
The volunteer Kostiantyn Tytarenko, who filmed the aid drop, revealed in a video: ‘We are leaving Mylove. There was an artillery attack just now. It was so strong. I’ve never heard anything like it’
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