Viewers were left fearing the worst after a Russian airstrike landed directly behind a news reporter while he was live on air.
French journalist Paul Gasnier was interrupted by a huge blast while delivering a broadcast from the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk in Ukraine on Sunday.
In a terrifying clip from television channel TMC he is seen speaking to the camera before quickly diving for cover as the missile explodes directly to his rear, with the bright red glow of the explosion clearly visible.