The shelling of Ukraine on December 31: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was injured in Kyiv by a journalist from Japan (photo, video)

The correspondent of Vatar Sekita lived in Kiev at the Alphabet Hotel, which was partially destroyed by the winged rocket. On December 31, Japanese journalist Vatar Sekit was injured during a mass missile rocket strike in Kiev. This was reported by Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko in his telegram channel. Sekita is a full -time correspondent of The Asahi Shimbun.

During the rocket attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on Kyiv, the man was at the Alphabet Hotel (located in Kiev near the Palace of Culture "Ukraine" and the office of "Ukrzaliznytsia"), which was injured during the shelling. Photos and videos with a wounded journalist who got to the network shows that he has a leg. Two men in military uniform helped Vatar sect to reach the car of doctors. There, a Japanese correspondent was put on a row and brought into an ambulance.

It should be noted that a few hours before his injury, a Japanese journalist addressed his subscribers on the social network and congratulated them on New Year's holidays. "Thank you for this year. The sunny sky is on New Year's Eve. Of course, the situation is still difficult, but the weather helps Ukraine. I hope that 2023 will be good for everyone," Sekita wrote. We will remind, Russia staged a massive shelling of Ukraine on the eve of the New Year.

According to the mayor of the capital Vitaliy Klitschko, the explosions were heard in the Pechersk and Holosiivsky districts of Kyiv. The wreckage of the rocket fell into a private house in the Solomenskiy district of the capital.