Two Daily Beast Journalists ‘Extremely Lucky’ to Survive After Being Shot in Ukraine
Two Daily Beast journalists were shot in Ukraine on Saturday while reporting on Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of the country.
The Danish reporters were driving near the town of Ohtyrka—which is around 60 miles outside of Kharkiv—when gunfire peppered their vehicle and left both bleeding heavily from bullet wounds.
They were able to keep driving the badly damaged car, which had smoke billowing from the engine, long enough to escape from the unknown shooters.
Stefan Weichert, 31, was shot in the shoulder and Emil Filtenborg, 30, suffered multiple bullet wounds even though both were wearing bulletproof conflict zone equipment. They made it to a hospital for treatment and will undergo surgery on Sunday.
“We have been extremely lucky,” Weichert told The Daily Beast.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/journalists-stefan-weichert-and-emil-filtenborg-mikkelsen-shot-while-reporting-in-ukraine?via=newsletter&source=Weekend
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