Journalists from RFE/RL came under Russian fire in eastern Ukraine on October 10 as they filmed battlefield action alongside Ukrainian troops.
The group from the Radio Donbas Realities project of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, consisting of correspondent Roman Pahulych and cameraman Pavlo Kholodov, was filming Ukrainian drone operators on October 10 when Russian military hit the positions of Ukrainian fighters with artillery.
The first incoming shell fell next to Pahulych and several Ukrainian soldiers he had spoken with while in the Donetsk region near Bakhmut.
The group was taken to a stabilization point, where Pahulych was treated for a bruise caused by the pressure of the exploding shell, while two soldiers were treated for minor injuries.
Cameraman Pavel Kholodov was uninjured.
Pahulych has been working for RFE/RL since 2018, reporting from the front lines in the war to repel Russia's invading forces, as well as producing analyses about the problems faced by Ukraine's military.
