Rt Crews Under Fire, Armed Rioters Take Over Hotel, Fire From Windows In Kiev

[Purveyor]

RT’s camera crews have been fired upon by rioters as they tried to film the escalating violence on Kiev’s Independent Square. Armed protesters have taken control of Hotel Ukraine, trapping members of the RT crew inside.

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“We were just shot at. It broke a window over here. We were standing centimeters away when a gunshot hit the room where we have our live position,” RT correspondent Aleksey Yaroshevsky said, pointing to the window that had been smashed by the gunfire. He said there were unidentified snipers firing from buildings all around Independence Square.

“There’s no truce at all,” Yaroshevsky added, describing how, a few hours earlier, he witnessed rioters pushing police back from the barricades amid weapons fire.The camera team of RT’s video agency Ruptly was shot at during filming. One of the bullets grazed the bulletproof vest of journalist Danil Asimov as he stood by the window on the 14th floor of a Kiev hotel.

Correspondent Egor Piskunov and his camera crew were also caught in the crossfire as they tried to film Independence Square from Hotel Ukraine.

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[The Magistrate]

1. Their Plight, Sir, Summons Up The World's Smallest Violin

They are participants, on one side of the thing, not neutrals or innocents caught in a cross-fire.

[Purveyor]

3. It is interesting to watch both sides coverage of this situation. I've been

watch RT most of the morning and the disparity in coverage between them and CNN International is striking, indeed.

[jberryhill]

2. "unidentified snipers firing from buildings" "fired upon by rioters"

So, which is it? Has Revisionism Today made up their minds?

[Purveyor]

6. Just depends on what source you are paying attention to. eom

[Brigid]

4. Talk about shite getting real!

[msanthrope]

5. Putin's Press Corp getting shot at? Quelle surprise! nt

[Purveyor]

7. How many days before the Olympics come to a close? eom

[msanthrope]

8. Sunday....and the gloves will come off. nt

[Purveyor]

9. Indeed. That was why I was asking... Thanks.

[MerryBlooms]

10. Yes, I fear that's exactly it. n/t