<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1665513581875,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-00b6-db7d-abfd-7cb766d10000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1665513581875,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-00b6-db7d-abfd-7cb766d10000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_65499993", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1115262"} }); ","_id":"00000183-c858-d791-abd3-de5d67d10000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedFox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst’s recent interview with a Ukrainian deputy commander was interrupted by Russian shelling, forcing him to take cover in his vehicle and flee the scene.
Yingst was reporting near Kozacha Lopan, which sits along the Russian border in Ukraine. His report detailed how the Russians have ratcheted up their offensive against Ukraine in recent days while also demonstrating how reporting in the war-torn nation can be dangerous.
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“Ukrainian soldiers are facing hourly bombardments from the Russians along the northern border. We had incoming artillery during our reporting in Kozacha Lopan. In this piece we take you inside trenches less than a mile from the Russian border,” Yingst tweeted.
https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/1579860287649632257
The reporter included a clip of himself gasping for breath inside the vehicle fleeing the scene, recounting how artillery that whizzed overhead broke up the interview.
After recovering from the artillery scare, Yingst and the deputy commander completed their interview in a safer location. Yingst explained that troops in Ukraine were bracing for an escalating Russian offensive and showed them searching for a soldier who died in combat.
“In every region, we have military units and soldiers,” the deputy commander told Yingst, according to a translation. “Our military is ready to resist occupiers that come to our territory.”
Yingst also showcased parts of Ukraine that had been ravaged by the war, highlighting crumbled houses, and everyday Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by the war.
“Let all the world see what they did here,” one woman said.
Early on in the war, Yingst’s colleague, Benjamin Hall, was badly injured while reporting in Ukraine. He suffered extensive damage to his lower body and lost “half a leg.” Two Fox News workers, cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and consultant Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, were killed in the incident, which took place in March.
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Despite boasting a larger military, Russia has long struggled in its quest to subdue Ukraine and suffered a myriad of setbacks throughout the war. Recently, an explosion destroyed the Kerch Bridge linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula, which drew outrage from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In response, the Kremlin fired off a barrage of deadly airstrikes in multiple Ukrainian cities, including the capital of Kyiv, on Monday. President Joe Biden, who condemned the strikes, has sounded the alarm in recent days about the possibility of a nuclear “Armageddon” if Putin decides to deploy nuclear weapons amid concerns of the Russian leader growing desperate.
