“Here the enemy are coming at us and it’s all about being in survival mode. “However, I have never been in as dangerous a place as Ukraine, though it has to be said that in most conflicts we are usually with the winning side of the war. But, to be honest, I have seen as bad or perhaps worse in places like Rwanda. “It’s awful to see the raw carnage that a war can do. “What goes out on air is up to the editors and the bosses in London to decide what is and what is not acceptable, but I don’t think you can show the horrors of war without showing the horrors of war. You can almost become inured about seeing so many bodies and it’s difficult to film them in a way that can be broadcast. “We walked through scenes of tank battles and it was a case of walking through body parts and trying not to step on them. “Full armoured tanks are ripped apart like paper, so you can just imagine what they will do to people as red hot shards of metal are sent out that are designed to cut through flesh. “You cannot believe, for example, the damage done by indirect fire from artillery or missiles or mortars. “There’s stuff you see here that you wouldn’t even want to talk about. “He was crying and saying: ‘Please close my brother’s eyes’.
He said: “I was standing right beside Volodyrmr when he recognised his brother in a body bag. Volodyrmr Stefianko after identifying his brother’s remains in a mass grave The cameraman filmed his brother Volodyrmr as war crime investigators removed the bodies in a bid to identify them. Images of bodies lying rotting in the streets and of mass graves have led to calls for Putin to be charged with war crimes.Įugene was back in Bucha this week to film ITV News’ harrowing report from the town on Monday night when Rivers investigated three executions, including that of Dmitro Stefianko, who was buried along with 100 other people in a mass grave near a church. Their reports of the atrocities committed by the Russians, which were uncovered after Vladimir Putin’s forces retreated from a number of towns like Bucha, have shocked the world.
The cameraman, who is based in a hotel in the capital, has been working with ITN correspondent Dan Rivers.
There were some serious, serious battles here before the situation changed and the Russians lifted the bombardment on Kyiv.” “They were in the equivalent of Carryduff heading for the centre of Belfast. He described Ukraine as the most frightening war he had ever filmed, and recalled: “When I arrived here, the Russians were bombarding Kyiv with their long range artillery and they were getting closer to us all the time. He spoke of the emotional trauma of coming face to face with bereaved relatives, one of whom begged recovery teams to close the eyes of his dead brother after his body was found in a mass grave.Įugene, a former UTV employee who has won a raft of awards for his coverage of conflicts all over the world, said getting home to the “reality of irrelevance” like bills and shopping would be harder than going through the “reality of survival” in Ukraine. Ownpatrick man Eugene Campbell, who works for ITV, has spent the past month witnessing the horrors of battle.
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A TV cameraman who has been filming the war in Ukraine has said staying alive takes priority in the most dangerous conflict he has covered.
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