This is the dramatic moment a team from Putin’s state TV are sent flying by a motion-activated mine dropped by a drone over the Russian border. The blast was caught on camera as the pro-war channel Rossiya-24 crew were filming in Shebekino, Belgorod region, dressed in military fatigues.
The explosion left cameraman Yaroslav Borisov seriously wounded and four others injured. Borisov was rushed to hospital in grave condition with shrapnel wounds to his abdomen, neck, shoulder, legs, and arms. He had spotted the anti-personnel mine several feet away and said “Here’s another one” moments before it exploded.
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