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"We were very scared": a team of "Daily" thrown to the ground by an explosion in Ukraine

2023-01-03T10:17:14.736Z


VIDEO – Paul Gasnier, a camerawoman and a sound engineer were preparing for the duplex with TMC when a huge explosion sounded about ten meters from them.


Monday evening, after two weeks of vacation,

"Daily"

returned to TMC.

In the second part of the show, Yann Barthès welcomed Bruno Le Maire.

But before questioning the Minister of the Economy, the host came into contact with

Paul Gasnier.

The journalist has been present since December 28 in Ukraine with Héloïse Grégoire, cameraman, and Théo Palfray, sound engineer.

“2022 ended with Russian missiles launched against Ukraine.

2023 started with Russian missiles launched against Ukraine.

The war in Europe is still there at our doorstep and it risks accompanying us all year round.

For several days, “Daily” has been there.

Paul Gasnier will be in duplex all week for a special page.

Here is his first Ukrainian “8:15 p.m. express”

, began Yann Barthès.

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A first duplex that almost went wrong.

Indeed, the team was hit by an explosion.

“We were in place for the duplex, we had turned on the camera, the hoe, we were ready for the start of the show and there was a very strong explosion behind us”

, explained the journalist live from Kramatorsk, in the Donbass.

“We were thrown to the ground, I lost my microphone.

Normally I was supposed to have the red mic but I lost it in the explosion.

Windows shattered around us.

We were thrown to the ground but we are fine

, "he wanted to reassure before specifying that he had

" found refuge in a church a little further, in another district "

.

“So we're indoors, we're fine, that's the main thing.

»

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For his first stay in Ukraine since the start of the conflict, Paul Gasnier followed drone soldiers tasked with spotting Russian positions.

It was alongside them that the “Quotidien” team spent New Year's Day.

At the end of the report, Yann Barthès broadcast the images of the explosion which had occurred a few minutes earlier.

A terrifying video that the host seemed to discover.

“How did you experience that?

Do you know if there are any victims?

Answer me”

, he then asked, shocked, to the journalist.

“We had dust in our eyes and mouths.

Part of the hotel entrance collapsed on us, the windows were shattered”

"We don't know if there were any victims but in any case what I can say is that we were the only ones outside

," replied Paul Gasnier.

We were in the parking lot in front of our hotel.

We had been there for an hour, we were ready for the duplex.

We don't even know where it fell exactly.

We just know that it was very noisy.

We had dust in our eyes and mouths.

Part of the hotel entrance collapsed on us, the windows were shattered.

It was very confusing, we don't know exactly what happened.

We were very scared but we are all safe now.

We are fine, our hands are still shaking a little in shock, but we got away with it

,” he added, adding that the

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Their first instinct was to take cover.

“We followed the journalists who took refuge in a church a little further,

in another district of Kramatorsk

.

Here I am in the premises of a religious congregation.

I don't know if I can say that we are safe, in any case, we are sheltered, inside and we will wait here as long as necessary

, ”concluded Paul Gasnier.

Source: lefigaro

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