LIVE FIRE

BBC Journalist Forced to Flee Incoming Missile During Broadcast

Hugo Bachega was reporting on the war in Ukraine as Kyiv came under attack.

A BBC reporter’s live broadcast from Kyiv on Monday morning was hurriedly cut short when Russian missiles started raining down on the city. Journalist Hugo Bachega was speaking about airstrikes on residential areas in Ukraine over the weekend as the ominous sound of an incoming rocket started to drone overhead. Bachega stopped speaking and turned to look over his shoulder before the sound of a powerful explosion thundered in the distance. The reporter and his camera crew were forced to abandon the broadcast and head to shelter as rockets continued to pound the city on Monday. The BBC says it was able to reestablish contact with Bachega just over an hour later. “It hit a location very close to our hotel here in the city center,” Bachega said of the strike. “We understand that several explosions have happened here in the capital, and we had an update from the emergency services saying that several people have been killed and wounded.”