(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 20 - Two Italian journalists said Tuesday
they had been subjected to a deliberate attack by Russian forces
in the eastern Ukraianian city of Kherson.
They said their vehicle had been targetted "intentionally" but
they had managed to get away safely.
One projectile "damaged the car, we remained trapped under fire
before succeeding in getting away safely, I lost some blood but
the wound is slight," said reporter Claudio Locatelli in a video
with colleague Niccolò Celesti.
"If I had opened the door I would have lost a leg or worse.
"The car is well flagged (as carrying journalists). The attack
against us, considering the place and the dynamics, was
intentional.
"The fire came from the riverbank on the other side of the
Dnipro (Dnieper), where the Russian army is.
"There's no excuse for firing on the press. It's lucky we're
OK".
The video showed the moments of the alleged attack and the car
window being smashed by a bullet. (ANSA).