Japanese photojournalist Wataru Sekita was injured in a large attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on New Year's Eve along with dozens of others.
posted in Russian that its attacks were on “facilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine involved in the manufacture of attack unmanned aerial vehicles used to carry out terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation.” The statement added that the target was reached.shows the photographer with an apparent leg injury loaded onto a stretcher and into an ambulance by medical personnel.
“The hotel where I was staying was attacked by Russia and my right leg was injured. thank you. My leg still hurts, but I’m fine. I will go home for now. I would like to continue to monitor the situation in Ukraine, so I ask for your continued support. #Ukraine,” Sekita wrote in a translated tweet on January 3.
滞在先のホテルがロシアに攻撃され右脚を負傷し、多く方にご心配をおかけし、また励ましの言葉をいただきました。ありがとうございます。脚はまだ痛みますが、元気です。ひとまず帰国します。これからもウクライナ情勢を注視していきたいと思いますので、引き続きよろしくお願いいたします。
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