Filmmaker livestreams moment missile flies over his head in Ukraine
An Australian photojournalist has captured the terrifying moment a missile flew over his head in Kramatorsk, Ukraine during a livestream.
"Oh f**k that's a missile, that's a f**king missile," photojournalist and documentary maker Bryce Wilson says in the video, panning to the object flying through the sky.
"Holy s**t. We better get inside".
Mr Wilson, from Melbourne, had been livestreaming to Instagram in the moments after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"There's [cruise] missiles flying above the f**king city right now," he said while running. "There's been an impact in the distance."
"Holy f**king s**t," he says again, as faint explosions can be heard in the background saying he can see fighter jets and smoke. "The Russian military is bombing Kramatorsk."
He also showed a mushroom cloud that had developed after the explosion in the direction the missile had been travelling.
'Hypersonic missiles are being used to attack Kramatorsk': Bryce Wilson
The journalist filmed himself talking as he walked along the street with a colleague, occasionally panning to show his surroundings showing a largely bare street and occasionally exchanging passing pleasantries with Ukrainian people.
Mr Wilson said he believes bombs had already been dropped, recounting hearing multiple explosions and fighter jets were spotted above Kramatorsk.
"Kramatorsk is being attacked," he tweeted.
"Hypersonic missiles are being used to attack Kramatorsk. I’m safe," he tweeted again a few hours later.
In a follow-up livestream on Instagram, Mr Wilson filmed himself wearing armour and walking through Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine heading towards a bomb shelter with some fellow journalists.
Mr Wilson says he is in Ukraine voluntarily and has been working in and out of the country for several years.
"I can't believe this is happening," he said in disbelief.
Mr Wilson said in the livestream he would try and make it back to Kyiv.
"People legitimately don't think this is happening," he said, panning across the eerily quiet street. "This country is being attacked".
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On Thursday morning (local time) Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian army to "lay down" its arms.
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He accused the US and its allies of ignoring Russia’s demand to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and offer Moscow security guarantees.
He said the Russian military operation aims to ensure a “demilitarisation” of Ukraine.
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