Two Sky News journalists have described the harrowing moment they were shot at, with one of them wounded by a bullet, by a Russian "death squad" while driving near the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Stuart Ramsay, a chief correspondent, who is originally from Porthcawl, and Dominique van Heerden, a senior foreign producer, recalled the sudden ambush on February 28, which saw the two of them, along with three other crew members, frantically try to escape a barrage of bullets.
Stuart, who was certain he was "going to die", was shot in the lower back, under his body armour, while Dominique risked her life by leaving the car and crawling under the firing line to get to safety. Thankfully the five of them survived, after they managed to take cover and were later rescued by Ukrainian police.
In terrifying footage from the attack shown on ITV's Lorraine on Thursday, March 31, the crew can be heard screaming "stop, British journalists" as unrelenting rounds of bullets rained down on their car. Later on, safe from the line of fire, the crew can be heard breathing heavily and assessing any injuries.
