Russian Drone Strikes TV Channel During Live Broadcast, Zelensky Says: 5 Injured
The blast partially destroyed the newsroom and office areas, and officials said at least five people were injured.
- On Tuesday, Sept. 8, a Russian strike drone hit the 'We Are Ukraine' TV channel building in Kyiv while journalists were broadcasting live, partially destroying the facility and injuring at least five people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
- The drone targeted the 'United News' telethon station, which suffered damage during a massive Russian attack on Aug. 20; Zelensky condemned the use of 'Shaheds' against media as a 'new page of Russian degradation.'
- State Emergency Service personnel extinguished the fire at the partially destroyed site, where blast waves shattered windows and tore down corridor ceilings. All employees of the media group survived the incident.
- This strike followed a massive combined attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region involving ballistic missiles, Kalibr missiles, and drones, killing at least 17 people and injuring over 40 others in the region.
- Calling for an international response, Zelensky stated, 'No blow to Ukraine and Ukrainians — to life — can go unpunished,' emphasizing that stopping Russia is possible only through joint global efforts.
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Russian Shahed Drone Strikes Kyiv TV Newsroom Mid-Broadcast, Wounding Five
Russia struck the Kyiv offices of the television channel "My – Ukraine" with an attack drone on September 8. The strike hit the newsroom in daylight, while journalists broadcast live as part of the "United News" telethon . The broadcaster reported that the drone partially destroyed the building and wounded several members of its staff. State Emergency Service (DSNS) crews extinguished the fire, and initial accounts listed five people injured, a…
Zelenskyy: drone attack on We-Ukraine TV channel injures 5
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to a Russian drone strike on the media (on the building housing We – Ukraine channel, part of the United News telethon pool), which left five people injured, stating "there must be a reaction from Europe and the world to this."
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Russians struck building housing "We - Ukraine" TV channel with "Shahed" drone right in middle of live broadcast: 5 people were injured. VIDEO&PHOTOS
A Russian attack drone struck the building housing the ‘We - Ukraine’ TV channel in broad daylight; the channel is taking part in the ‘United News’ telethon.
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