Ukrainian journalist sees footage of her destroyed home live on BBC News
James Morris
·Freelance news writer, Yahoo UK
Fri, 25 February 2022, 9:29 pm·3-min read
Watch: Ukrainian journalist sees footage of her destroyed home live on BBC News
This is the moment a Ukrainian journalist sees pictures of her home in Kyiv after it was hit by Russian missiles on live TV.
Olga Malchevska, a correspondent for the BBC's Ukraine news service, was appearing on BBC World News in London on Friday to discuss the Ukraine crisis when she was shown footage of her ruined apartment building.
Sharing a clip of the moment on Twitter, presenter Karin Giannone said Malchevska wasn't aware until the moment the footage was played that it was her exact building.
It comes after Kyiv was pounded by overnight air strikes, with fighting closing in on the capital, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Families were forced to hide in bomb shelters and subway stations as troops continued their assault in a bid to seize the city.
Tens of thousands of people have fled Ukraine's major cities to try and escape the fighting, with the UN warning on Friday that millions could be displaced.
Armed forces minister James Heappey told MPs that 194 Ukrainians, including 57 civilians, are confirmed to have died.
Kyiv was hit by overnight air strikes. (AFP via Getty Images)
Malchevska received messages from her mother - who was not in the building - while on air, informing her it had been bombed.
She said: "When we agreed yesterday about coming to your studio in the morning, I could not imagine that actually at 3am London time, I would find out my home is bombed.
"Those pictures, the footage, that everybody saw, is literally my home. People were evacuated... thank god my family is safe."
The footage then panned to a destroyed building, and Malchevska said: "This actual building is my home.
"I can't [believe] that what I'm seeing is somewhere where I used to be.
Ukrainian reporter sees footage of destroyed flat on live TV: ‘This building is my home’
James Morris
·Freelance news writer, Yahoo UK
Fri, 25 February 2022, 9:29 pm·3-min read
Watch: Ukrainian journalist sees footage of her destroyed home live on BBC News
This is the moment a Ukrainian journalist sees pictures of her home in Kyiv after it was hit by Russian missiles on live TV.
Olga Malchevska, a correspondent for the BBC's Ukraine news service, was appearing on BBC World News in London on Friday to discuss the Ukraine crisis when she was shown footage of her ruined apartment building.
Sharing a clip of the moment on Twitter, presenter Karin Giannone said Malchevska wasn't aware until the moment the footage was played that it was her exact building.
It comes after Kyiv was pounded by overnight air strikes, with fighting closing in on the capital, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Families were forced to hide in bomb shelters and subway stations as troops continued their assault in a bid to seize the city.
Tens of thousands of people have fled Ukraine's major cities to try and escape the fighting, with the UN warning on Friday that millions could be displaced.
Armed forces minister James Heappey told MPs that 194 Ukrainians, including 57 civilians, are confirmed to have died.
Kyiv was hit by overnight air strikes. (AFP via Getty Images)
Malchevska received messages from her mother - who was not in the building - while on air, informing her it had been bombed.
She said: "When we agreed yesterday about coming to your studio in the morning, I could not imagine that actually at 3am London time, I would find out my home is bombed.
"Those pictures, the footage, that everybody saw, is literally my home. People were evacuated... thank god my family is safe."
The footage then panned to a destroyed building, and Malchevska said: "This actual building is my home.
"I can't [believe] that what I'm seeing is somewhere where I used to be.
