Alerts | Physical attack by state armed forces/military

BBC film crew comes under fire in Donbass

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On 7 June 2022, a BBC film crew with journalist Orla Guerin came under fire in Ukraine’s Donbass region. Guerin said soldiers told her a cluster bomb had fallen less than 1.5 km from where they were. The film crew hid in an armored car when Russian force opened fire. The soldiers reportedly also hid in a shelter. No one was harmed in the incident.

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