https://twitter.com/Skawtish/status/1500088645415542785So a group of Sky News journalists drive through multiple Ukrainian army checkpoints in Kyiv, areas still held by the Ukrainians. They are dressed up in tactical gear in their vehicle, helmets and all. When approaching one checkpoint in their vehicle, the soldiers fire a single warning shot. They ignore it and keep driving towards the checkpoint, and get lit the fuck up and their vehicle riddled with bullets, but nobody killed. Then they post a propaganda story saying this must have been the actions of a secret russian infiltration team dressed up in ukrainian army uniforms as a 'sabotage group'.
https://news.sky.com/story/sky-news-teams-harrowing-account-of-their-violent-ambush-in-ukraine-this-week-12557585Quote
Constant checkpoints need to be negotiated with care. The tension is palpable, the fighters are jumpy, and it's all exacerbated by the constant distant sounds of machine gun fire and crump of artillery and mortars.
The town is only 30 kilometres or so from the centre of Kyiv, but our journey took us hours. Roads were closed and we were redirected countless times.
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Pointing weapons into our car, the last Ukrainian checkpoint suggested we shouldn't go any further. We elected to call it a day and return to the centre of the city. We had tried to report, but it was getting too difficult.
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We didn't know it at the time, but we were later told by the Ukrainians that we were being ambushed by a saboteur Russian reconnaissance squad. It was professional, the rounds kept smashing into the car - they didn't miss.
Producer Martin Vowles, who was driving, got out of the car first, quickly followed by Andrii Lytvynenko, our local producer, leaving me, Richie, and my producer Dominique Van Heerden inside, taking cover in the footwells and across the backseat.
At this stage we thought it was a Ukrainian army checkpoint firing at us and that it was a mistake, so we started screaming we were journalists, but the rounds kept coming.
Their story doesn't even make sense at face value. A sabotage squad in disguise, deep in Kyiv, blows their cover to shoot up a random vehicle? But shoots a warning shot first? And doesn't finish them off?
Not even the slightest fucking hint of incredulity in their reporting. I mean, they are Sky. But still, this is like the Ukrainians telling them its not bullets, its just the northern lights localized entirely within their vehicle
This post was edited by Goomshill on Mar 5 2022 11:11am