Boris Johnson praises ‘astonishing’ courage of UK journalists shot by Russian hit squad

Sky’s Stuart Ramsay, who was hit by a bullet in his lower back. Photograph: Sky News/PA

Boris Johnson has praised British journalists who were hit by bullets in Ukraine and said press reporting on the conflict “will not be intimidated or cowed”.

The prime minister commended the “astonishing” courage of the Sky News journalists, who he said were “putting themselves in terrifying and dangerous situations”.