Ambushed in Ukraine: Sky News journalists recount how they survived and how they're doing now
Reliable Sources
CNN
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
"I was absolutely convinced I was going to die," Stuart Ramsay says. Ramsay, the chief correspondent for Sky News, was shot when his crew came under fire in Ukraine. One month later, he is now recovering from surgery and is able to share his story. Ramsay and senior foreign producer Dominique Van Heerden speak with Brian Stelter about how they fled the ambush; sheltered in place for several hours; and evacuated with the help of Ukrainian police. Unimaginably, Van Heerden says, "what happened to us was the good outcome," since other journalists have been killed in similar attacks.
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| 0:00.0 | It was a heroine ambush, a sky news team, on assignment in Ukraine, coming under fire, |
| 0:09.1 | not knowing from where or who or why. |
| 0:14.1 | The chief correspondent wounded, not knowing what was going to happen next. |
| 0:19.7 | Now a month later, he is recovering and he's here to tell a story. |
| 0:25.5 | So let's go ahead and cue the music. |
| 0:28.1 | I'm Brian Salter, and on this weekly reliable sources podcast, |
| 0:32.1 | it would chance to go more in depth talking with media leaders and newsmakers about |
| 0:37.1 | how the media world works from the inside. |
| 0:41.1 | And as you know, the past month, now more than a month of the war in Ukraine has been incredibly costly for civilians |
| 0:50.1 | and also for the journalists who are there to cover the war. |
| 0:56.1 | Sky news came under fire early on. |
| 0:59.1 | This was essentially then the first week or so of the war. |
| 1:04.1 | And when the video later came out, it was shocking to see chief correspondent Stuart Ramsey wounded right there while trying to cover the story. |
| 1:14.1 | His camera operator also took on two rounds to his body armor. |
| 1:19.1 | And we haven't heard a lot since about what that experience was like and how much worse it could have been. |
| 1:25.1 | Stuart has been recovering and he is now able to join us. |
| 1:29.1 | Sky news chief correspondent Stuart Ramsey with me along with producer Dominique Van Hearden. |
| 1:34.1 | Thank you both for coming on and sharing your stories. |
| 1:37.1 | Stuart, how are you feeling today? |
| 1:40.1 | Pretty good, actually. |
| 1:42.1 | The wound seems to be healing quite well. The stitches have been taken out. |
| 1:45.1 | The operation was quite painful when it happened a week or so ago. |
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