A Sky News team shot despite identifying themselves as press
British Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and camera operator Richie Mockler were shot in their bulletproof vests and survived an ambush by a Russian reconnaissance squad on Monday as they drove into the city of Bucha, 30 kilometers from the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. Ramsay has described that, at first, the Sky News team thought that it was an error by the Ukrainian Army at a ‘checkpoint’, but when they verified that they continued to fire, despite shouting at the attackers that they were the press, they They realized they were in danger. The five Sky News workers ran to a concrete wall for cover, from where they were able to take cover in a factory that was open. The Ukrainian police escorted the Sky News team, following hours of uncertainty and gunfire out of the warehouse, to safety.
