«We crossed the Russian border so simply in a car, we went embedded in an armored vehicle, with the press sign written on it as international regulations require for war reporters».
The same correspondent of Tg1 reports it Stefania Battistini tonight during the 8pm edition of the news, regarding the report in Russian territory, the scene of the Ukrainian incursion. That of the reporter, Battistini underlines, «is an expected figure and even with reinforced protection, this has not saved the lives of many journalists, often wearing the word press is turning journalists into targets», he says compiling the tragic list of many colleagues killed. He also explains that on that front there were not only them – she and Simone Traini -, who also arrived first, there was Ukrainian TV, the day before the New York Times, CNN, France Press. Theirs was a report, that of Wednesday, ”made thinking that it was right to show the public, without violating the laws of the Russian Federation, only to tell the facts, it is necessarily to tell a part but it seemed important to us to do so».