Missile Explosion Sound 'Bang' During BBC Live Broadcast... Reporter Evacuates Urgently While Reporting

Attacked While Reporting on Rooftop of Downtown Kyiv Hotel
"Bombed a Building Very Close to the Hotel"

On the 10th (local time), the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was devastated in many parts of the city due to a missile strike carried out by Russian forces. Photo by AP Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Juri] A British BBC journalist was seen live on air hastily evacuating during a Russian missile attack while broadcasting in Kyiv, Ukraine.

On the 10th (local time), BBC's Hugo Burche was reporting on the situation in Ukraine from the rooftop of a hotel in downtown Kyiv when he suddenly paused and looked back upon hearing the sound of missiles cutting through the air.

He tried to continue the broadcast, but after hearing the sound of missiles striking a nearby building, he immediately moved off-camera, and the broadcast was taken over by the studio presenter.

This scene was transmitted live to viewers of BBC World News.

About an hour later, Burche resumed broadcasting from a shelter set up in the underground parking lot of the Kyiv hotel.

He said, "The missiles bombed a building very close to the hotel," adding, "In Ukraine, everyone was talking all morning about concerns and fears regarding Russia's response following the explosion on the Crimean Bridge."

At around 8:15 a.m. that day in Kyiv, at least ten large explosions occurred due to Russian missile strikes, resulting in numerous casualties.

Missiles also fell on other major cities such as Lviv in western Ukraine, Dnipro in central Ukraine, and Kharkiv, the second-largest city in the northeast, causing damage to energy facilities and other infrastructure.

Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that this airstrike was a retaliatory attack for the Crimean Bridge explosion and warned that if Ukraine commits a similar act again, Russia would respond more harshly.