"This time lucky": Swedish journalists told about the attack of the Russian Federation on their car in Zaporozhye

The drone struck the luggage department of the car. Two Ukrainian police officers who accompanied journalists. At about 11:30 on Tuesday, on September 19, in the Zaporizhzhya region, a Russian drone attacked the car of the camera crew of the Swedish TV4. This was reported by a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko on Twitter. "We strongly condemn the attack of Russian drones on the TV4 group in the Zaporozhye region," Oleg Nikolenko said.

He noted that as a result of the impact of the Russian drone, small injuries received a Ukrainian producer, a reporter and photographer were not injured. He stressed that all members of the film crew had "Press". TV4 TV4 reported that reporter Johan Fredrixon and photographer Daniel Zdllsek was not injured. In addition to Ukrainian producer Alexander Pavlov, two Ukrainian police officers who accompanied journalists were injured. "This time we were lucky.

The Russian shock drone hit directly into the trunk of our car, fortunately, there was no one in the car," said Johan Fredrixon. As a result of the attack, the car and shooting equipment were completely destroyed. Swedish journalist believes that their lives were rescued local police who all the time followed the sky and reported the drone before seeing it.

The head of Zaporizhzhya Ova Olena Zhuk in a comment to the TV channel expressed anxiety and stated that it was a frank attack of the Russian Federation on the press. Another military crime against journalists. Sweden Prime Minister Ulf Christianson believes that Russia does not want journalists to be in the war zones and covered the Russian-Ukrainian war. They are absolutely civil and which are there (frontier zones - ed. ) For other reasons.

I assume that it will be very carefully investigated that it is standing, said Ulf Christerson. Recall that in May, the French video operator Armman Soldin was killed during a firing under Bakhmut. On July 15, it became known that he was awarded the Order of Honorary Legion, which is the highest distinction of France. On May 22, journalist Yevgen Osievsky was killed in Bakhmut. He went to the front in February 2022.