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VIDEO – In Ukraine, Anne-Sophie Lapix escapes the worst: “We had to take refuge in an underground”
This Monday, March 14, Anne-Sophie Lapix presented her 20 Hours newspaper live from Kyiv, Ukraine. And the journalist did not hide that the situation was tense, as one can guess, while Russia is raining bombs on the territory.
Chilling words. Last weekend, Anne-Sophie Lapix flew to Kyiv in Ukraine in order to cover as closely as possible the sad events taking place there. For fifteen days, Russia has burst into Ukraine and the armies of the two countries are engaged a war that has already been fought tens of thousands dead. Thus, to ensure his safety and while a journalist from the NY Times was shot dead this Sunday, March 13, the trip of the one that Emmanuel Macron does not appreciate had been kept secret.
And at the opening of his diary of 20 hours this Monday, March 14, we quickly understand that this journey is extremely dangerous. At 7:58 p.m., Anne-Sophie Lapix speaks from the forecourt of Kyiv station and explains that shortly before the live, she had to take shelter. “A few moments ago, the sirens sounded, and we had to take refuge in one of the station’s underground passages, but the alert was lifted just a few minutes ago,” she let viewers know.
Anne-Sophie Lapix and the special envoys at the heart of the drama
Anne-Sophie Lapix and the various special correspondents from France Télévisions have all been mobilized to offer viewers the most complete newspaper possible, as close as possible to the inhabitants of Ukraine. Thereby, houses in ruins, Ukrainians trying to flee their country… Nothing was hidden. Note, however, that in the images, Anne-Sophie Lapix seemed to be well surrounded and above all very well protected by a team watching over the grain. After several reports on the situation in Ukraine, the journalist passed the baton to Karine Basteremained in Paris in the studios of France 2, in order to treat the national topicality.
